{"id":146038,"date":"2026-02-12T02:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146038"},"modified":"2026-02-12T02:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T02:31:12","slug":"us-military-laser-tech-and-cartel-drones-stir-airspace-confusion-in-texasunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146038","title":{"rendered":"US military laser tech and cartel drones stir airspace confusion in TexasUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFor a few hours on Wednesday, the sleepy airport of El Paso, Texas, became a sudden flashpoint for confusion.<br \/>\nLate Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a terse notice to pilots that airspace in the area would close &#8211; for an unprecedented 10 days &#8211; due to \u201cspecial security reasons\u201d. And then almost as suddenly, the FAA lifted the restrictions on Wednesday morning.<br \/>\nConflicting accounts of what prompted the action in the first place quickly emerged.<br \/>\nTrump administration&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3343253\/us-military-laser-tech-and-cartel-drones-stir-airspace-confusion-texas?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostFor a few hours on Wednesday, the sleepy airport of El Paso, Texas, became a sudden flashpoint for confusion. Late Tuesday&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146038"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}