He lies and exaggerates his accomplishments about many things, so take this with a grain of salt.

The celebrity CEO says it is his technology that allows the cartel to use drones to deliver drugs across the border that can never be caught by police.

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New Details Emerge On The “Highly Modified Drone” That Outran Police Helicopters Over Tucson

Last month, The War Zone reported on a bizarre drone encounter that occurred in the skies above Tucson, Arizona. According to reports, on the evening of February 9, 2021 around 10:30 PM local time, a helicopter belonging to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, encountered what has been described by KOLD’s Dan Marries, who interviewed an FBI agent assigned to the case, as a “highly modified drone” in controlled airspace. Another helicopter operated by the Tucson Police Department’s Air Support Unit was called in to help track and potentially identify the drone alongside the one from CBP, but the drone was able to evade them both and remain unidentified. Shortly after the incident was disclosed, the FBI released a statement asking for help from the public regarding any information related to the encounter.

In the days since we first reported on the Tucson drone encounter, individuals have reached out with new information that adds further context to this still-developing story. A source with direct knowledge of the incident’s details told The War Zone they believed the drone was highly unlikely to be battery-powered based on the altitude, distance, and speed at which it flew. The source also stated it seems as though the drone was equipped with an infrared camera based how it was able to dynamically maneuver, including in relation to the helicopters chasing it, despite the low level of ambient light at the time of the incident. They also added that it is “only logical that it was looking towards DM’s [Davis Monthan AFB] flight line” based on its location.

In a statement, the FBI wrote that the drone violated 18 USC 39B, “Unsafe operation of unmanned aircraft,” which includes “knowing or reckless interference or disruption of a manned aircraft, and the operation of unmanned aircraft in close proximity to airports.” The FBI called the drone’s actions “illegal and extremely dangerous,” yet added that it’s “possible the drone operator(s) are not aware they are violating the law.”

There is a precedent of drug cartels using drones to transport both drugs and munitions across the southern border, and it has been speculated that this may have been the case in this instance, but Tucson is over 50 miles from the border. In addition, it makes little sense why smugglers would have an interest in an energy storage depot or an Air Force Base. There is also plenty of experimental aircraft activity in the area, with multiple airstrips of varying sizes in close proximity. Raytheon Missiles and Defense also operates a facility just south of Tucson, but this type of unscheduled flight close to a major metropolitan area and even over an Air Force Base and up into flight levels, above where a normal helicopter can fly, is far from typical when it comes to experimental aircraft testing. In fact, it is outright illegal behavior by the FAA’s own rules. – Source

AI drone may have ‘hunted down’ and killed soldiers in Libya with no human input

At least one autonomous drone operated by artificial intelligence According to a UN report, (AI) may have killed people for the first time in Libya last year.

According to March reports UN Expert Panel on LibyaThe deadly autonomous aircraft may have “hunted and remotely engaged” a convoy with soldiers fighting for Libyan general Khalifa Haftar. It is not clear who deployed these killer robots exactly, but the wreckage of such machines found in Libya was from a Kargu-2 drone manufactured by Turkish military contractor STM.

“Autonomous weapons as a concept aren’t that new. Landmines are essentially simple autonomous weapons. They explode when you step on them,” the University of Maryland College Park told Live Science. “What’s potentially new here is an autonomous weapon that incorporates artificial intelligence,” added Karenborn, a member of the consortium’s unconventional weapons and technology division.

These attacks may have occurred in March 2020, when the UN-approved Government of National Accord expelled Haftar’s army from Libya’s capital, Tripoli. – Source

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