The United States recently conducted a counter-drone drill at a nuclear force base after Russia experienced a "Pearl Harbor" moment when its bomber fleet came under attack.

The U.S. Northern Command, which is tasked with homeland defense missions, said a counter-small unmanned aerial system (C-sUAS) team successfully engaged more than 100 targets of interest at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, between October 21 and 27.

The base is the only U.S. Air Force facility that hosts both nuclear-capable bombers and nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles, providing a strategic deterrent.

Why It Matters

The rapid development of drone technology has raised security concerns in recent months about aerial incursions into key military and civilian facilities in the West—including nucl

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