EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Wants To Give America’s Power Plants, Data Centers An Anti-Drone Upgrade
Matt Van Epps unveiled a House version of Sen. Tom Cotton’s Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act Tuesday, which aims to shield hospitals, power plants, water treatment sites, and dams from potential drone attacks. It is a US DoD non-lethal weapon that uses directed energy and projects a beam of man-sized millimeter waves up to 1000 meters that, when fired at a human, delivers a heat sensation to the skin and generally makes humans stop what they are doing and run. (PAUL J.
- ▪Matt Van Epps unveiled a House version of Sen.
- ▪Tom Cotton’s Critical Infrastructure Airspace Defense Act Tuesday, which aims to shield hospitals, power plants, water treatment sites, and dams from potential drone attacks.
- ▪It is a US DoD non-lethal weapon that uses directed energy and projects a beam of man-sized millimeter waves up to 1000 meters that, when fired at a human, delivers a heat sensation to the skin and generally makes humans stop what they are
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National Security EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Wants To Give America’s Power Plants, Data Centers An Anti-Drone Upgrade (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images) Francis Kapper Defense Reporter June 09, 2026 9:03 AM ET June 09, 2026 9:03 AM ET Francis Kapper Defense Reporter Font Size: const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => { const adDivToHide = document.querySelector("#dailycaller_incontent_1"); if (adDivToHide && dc_noads_page) { adDivToHide.classList.add("hide-premium", "hide-free"); observer.disconnect(); console.log("Ad div found and hidden"); } }); observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true }); One congressman is moving to protect the soft underbelly of America’s critical infrastructure with a new bill. Republican Tennessee Rep.
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