{"id":56271,"date":"2025-11-22T02:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56271\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:56:10","slug":"us-troops-to-shoot-down-confiscated-chinese-drones-for-target-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/56271\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops to shoot down confiscated Chinese drones for target practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">More than 500 Chinese drones confiscated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida officials<\/a> will be used for military target practice for evaluation and training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Instead of torching the machines, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) will shoot them down with shotguns, according to Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/tech\/technologies\/drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quadcopter drones<\/a> will be used over the course of three days next month to train elite U.S. troops on how to take out enemy drones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ai-arms-race-us-china-weaponize-drones-code-biotech-next-great-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AI ARMS RACE: US AND CHINA WEAPONIZE DRONES, CODE AND BIOTECH FOR NEXT GREAT WAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DRONE2.jpg\" alt=\"Drone\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>More than 500 Chinese drones confiscated by Florida officials will be used for military target practice for evaluation and training. (Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>The Military Drone Crucible training event is scheduled for Dec. 4-6 at Camp Blanding, according to the U.S. National Drone Association\u2019s (USNDA) website.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature training sessions focused on clearing a room with opposing troops present and striking an enemy convoy.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/china-drone-florida-military.png\" alt=\"A drone is seen in the sky\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The Military Drone Crucible training event will take place Dec. 4-6 at Camp Blanding. (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be the largest counter-drone destruction event ever held in the United States,&#8221; USNDA President Nate Ecelbarger told Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the largest drone destruction event was held in September, when an electromagnetic weapon was used to take down 49 drones at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/hegseth-tears-up-red-tape-orders-pentagon-begin-drone-surge-trumps-command\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HEGSETH TEARS UP RED TAPE, ORDERS PENTAGON TO BEGIN DRONE SURGE AT TRUMP&#8217;S COMMAND<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/china-drone-florida-military-training.png\" alt=\"A drone is seen during a demonstration\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Special Operations Command will shoot the drones down with shotguns. (Reuters)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\/navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Navy SEALs<\/a>, Marines and Army Rangers participated in the Indiana event for training purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Trump administration cut red tape to allow mass drone production to compete with Russian and Chinese drone programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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