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America's power grid, food supply and more are under threat from drones

Cheap, commercially accessible drones are reshaping conflict abroad while exposing dangerous gaps in homeland security

By Chris Stewart , Steve Haro Fox News

Published April 23, 2026 9:00am EDT

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Recent drone incursions over some of America’s most sensitive military installations reveal a troubling reality: even hardened, high-priority sites are no longer immune to advanced drones. Protecting these bases is essential – but if adversaries can penetrate them, it suggests the civilian infrastructure that we rely on every day is far more vulnerable than we are prepared to admit.

Cheap, commercially accessible drones are reshaping conflict abroad while exposing this dangerous truth at home. America’s greatest vulnerability is no longer confined to its borders. It is embedded in the infrastructure that underpins daily life: airports, energy grids, data centers and ports. This is America’s soft underbelly, and it is increasingly exposed.

We write from two perspectives shaped by this threat. One of us has spent four decades in aerospace and defense and now leads a company building counter-drone systems, witnessing firsthand how quickly these technologies evolve and how creatively they are used. The other served in Congress on the House Intelligence Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, helping shape policies to confront emerging threats........

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