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The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, only to reopen it hours later. The bizarre episode pointed to a lack of coordination between the FAA and the Pentagon.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s abrupt and unexplained closure of airspace above El Paso, Texas, early Wednesday has given way to a blame game inside the administration, with key senior officials asserting they hadn’t been alerted to the decision beforehand,

The sudden shutdown of airspace in Texas earlier this week was due to a lack of communication over the use of an anti-drone laser by Customs and Border Protection during an apparent attempt to stop operations by Mexican drug cartels, according to reports.

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CBP officials thought they were taking down a drone, but it was actually a party balloon, according to The New York Times.

After years of putting off the drone threat, the U.S. government is trying to do something about it, but policy is struggling to catch up.

Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.

The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday -- first announced as extending for 10 days but lasting only a few hours -- stemmed from the Pentagon's plans to test a laser to shoot down drones used by Mexican drug cartels,

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