亚利桑那州尤马，10月5日--美国陆军正在美墨边境地区测试反无人机技术，寻求加强防御，以应对卡特尔使用无人机日益增长的威胁，并效仿乌克兰与俄罗斯战争中发生的快速战场创新。
YUMA, Arizona, Oct 5 - The US Army is testing counter-drone technology in the US-Mexico border area, seeking to sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine's war with Russia.
9月，在亚利桑那州举行的美国北方司令部猎鹰峰演习上，士兵们观看了国防公司展示雷达、拦截无人机、自主火炮系统和其他旨在检测、跟踪和摧毁小型无人机的技术。
At Falcon Peak, a US Northern Command exercise held in September in Arizona, soldiers watched as defense firms demonstrated radars, interceptor drones, autonomous gun systems and other technologies designed to detect, track and destroy small unmanned aircraft.
陆军官员表示，穿越南部边境的无人机通常是商业销售的系统，被犯罪分子用于与走私和人口贩运活动相关的监视。南部边境联合特遣部队行动副指挥官布莱恩·菲勒准将告诉记者，军方在过去30天内发现了378起无人机入侵事件，而且这一趋势还在增加。
Army officials said drones crossing the southern border are typically systems sold commercially and used by criminals for surveillance linked to their smuggling and human trafficking operations. Brigadier General Brian Filler, deputy commander for operations at Joint Task Force Southern Border, told reporters the military detected 378 drone incursions in the previous 30 days and that the trend was increasing.
菲勒说：“我们看到大部分是商用现成的无人机。”他补充说，大多数无人机都携带监控摄像头，并且经常在跨境移动时被观察到。
"We are seeing largely commercial off-the-shelf available drones," Filler said, adding that most carry surveillance cameras and are often observed alongside cross-border movements. The US military said earlier this month it had downed 11 cartel drones using lasers since deploying the technology along the southern border in August.
美国军方本月早些时候表示，自8月份在南部边境部署该技术以来，已使用激光击落了11架卡特尔无人机。
LEARNING FROM UKRAINE Military planners are racing to keep pace with lessons from Ukraine, where drones have transformed the battlefield and driven rapid innovation in both offensive and defensive systems.
向乌克兰学习军事规划者正在竞相跟上乌克兰的教训，乌克兰的无人机改变了战场，并推动了进攻和防御系统的快速创新。
Military officials caution that cartel-operated drones are not comparable to the sophisticated battlefield ones seen in Ukraine or the Middle East.
军方官员警告说，卡特尔操作的无人机无法与乌克兰或中东看到的复杂战场无人机相比。但他们表示，边境提供了一个宝贵的操作环境，可以测试设备、训练士兵并评估系统在受控实验室条件之外的表现。
But they say the border offers a valuable operational environment to test equipment, train soldiers and evaluate how systems perform outside controlled laboratory conditions. The exercise highlighted the Pentagon's growing embrace of venture-backed defense technology firms.
这次演习凸显了五角大楼日益接受风险投资支持的国防技术公司。自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，投资者已向Anduril、Shield AI、Saric等公司以及一波寻求军事合同的小型无人机和反无人机初创公司投入了数十亿美元。
Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, investors have poured billions of dollars into companies such as Anduril, Shield AI, Saronic and a wave of smaller drone and counter-drone startups seeking military contracts. Anduril's Ghost drone was featured in the demonstrations, as well as the radar-and-camera detection system produced by Teledyne FLIR, the "Bullfrog" counter-drone automated machine gun produced by Allen Control Systems and an interceptor drone sold by Powerus, which went public on Thursday, merging with a company backed by sons of US President Donald Trump.
演示中展示了Anduril的Ghost无人机，以及Teledyne FLIR生产的雷达和摄像头检测系统、Allen Control Systems生产的“Bullfrog”反无人机自动机枪以及Powerus销售的拦截无人机，该公司于周四上市，与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普儿子支持的一家公司合并。官员们表示，他们目标的一部分是复制乌克兰的快速迭代周期。
Officials said part of their goal is replicating the rapid iteration cycle seen in Ukraine. "We tend to look at Ukraine and we say, 'I am so impressed with how quickly they can adapt on a daily or weekly basis,'" Brigadier General Matt Ross told reporters.
马特·罗斯准将告诉记者：“我们倾向于关注乌克兰，我们会说，‘我对他们每天或每周适应的速度印象深刻。’”“我们真正应该做的是复制这个过程。“路透社
"What we should really do is replicate that process." REUTERS