The government's anti-drone energy weapons you didn't know existed



Drone defense systems are far more developed than the average person may be aware of.

In December 2024, there were estimates of over 5,000 reports of drone sightings off the East Coast of the United States, including huge clusters in New Jersey.

'We're going to start to see the increasing development of ... directed-energy weapons or high-powered microwave systems.'

Despite the mass confusion surrounding the mystery drones, citizens were told there existed no national security threat and even, at times, that what they saw was probably just a plane.

However, the Joe Biden administration did not seem to let Americans know at the time that the Department of Defense (now Department of War) is far more equipped to handle drone swarms than is commonly understood.

This was made apparent by Jake Adler, the biotech entrepreneur behind the clay-based hemostatic Kingsfoil. The young businessman revealed to Blaze News that drone warfare has prompted the use of direct-energy weapons that are being quickly developed to lower defense costs.

The ongoing threat has resulted in a type of "escalation tax," Adler explained, in which the constant use of drones has necessitated the creation and deployment of cheaper defense mechanisms.

Adler referred to companies like Allen Control Systems, which have taken massive strides in developing new methods of knocking drones out of the sky. Some companies are even using microwave technology.

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ACS' Bullfrog system is fairly simple: an autonomous weapon targets unidentified aerial vehicles and blows them away with high-caliber rounds, all while being exceptionally portable, at just 165 pounds for some models.

Then there's Epirus, which offers "long-pulse high-power microwave systems with AI and advanced electronics to protect and sustain civilization."

Simply put, Epirus uses energy weapons to neutralize dozens of drones at a time and has successfully completed trials in which it took out 49 of 49 and 61 of 61 targets successfully and simultaneously.

"We're going to start to see the increasing development of countermeasure systems coming from companies like Eperis, which are doing directed-energy weapons or high-powered microwave systems," Adler noted. "So we're kind of seeing the development of novel platforms that can more effectively knock down, you know, a hundred drones for five cents."

The use of these systems tied into Adler's broader point that the neutralizing of drone threats forces a reliance on human fighters.

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Adler's company Pilgrim has been focusing on bolstering soldier capability in the battlefield, and in addition to its medical technology, he has long looked to target another sensitive area: sleep.

'Warfighters have really bad sleep," Adler offered. "A great deal of them are sleep-deprived. One of the challenges is that you're taking an 18-year-old ... and putting them into a highly stressful environment where the expectation is, realistically, very limited sleep. And that's sort of around the age where sleep patterns are still getting reinforced, right? So you're kind of disrupting the natural evolution or really the natural growth of the brain, which can kind of create challenges around combat effectiveness [and] accuracy."

This "laundry list" of externalities that are affected by sleep are on Adler's to-do list, and he has looked to get away from the use of pharmaceuticals (stimulants and sedatives) in order to tackle those issues.

Through a previous project called NeuSleep (now officially on pause), Adler had soldiers use a sleeping mask equipped with brain stimulation and monitoring devices for heart rate, blood oxygenation, and sleep stages. The device would stimulate the brain to modify sleep patterns, allegedly making three-hour naps feel more like five or six hours of sleep.

"We'd be able to monitor if you were in REM or if you're in light sleep. ... We could basically shock you and improve your sleep quality. The joke that we had internally was that we were shocking people to sleep, which didn't really get very far in terms of marketing," he laughed.

Adler, like many others, solidified the idea that the Trump administration has placed increased emphasis on developing its network of companies that place high importance on advanced technologies for the individual and treat the soldier as the focus.

Companies like Pilgrim, Anduril, and EdgeRunner AI are moving at light speed, and the general populace is blissfully unaware. Systems that are in place to protect citizens are now under scrutiny from young entrepreneurs who have signaled that a lot of military and defense tech is slow-moving or out of date, and they want to do something about it.

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Communist China's secret SIM farms in the United States are tied to a series of hoax SWAT raids that targeted numerous conservative political figures, according to an eye-opening report from Blaze News investigative journalists Steve Baker and Joseph M. Hanneman.

These dangerous hoax raids have impacted high-ranking individuals, including a senior U.S. Secret Service official, members of Congress, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), and conservative political commentators, like Tim Pool.

'The intent behind these attacks is clear: to kill, injure, and silence key voices.'

Author and freelance columnist Larry Alex Taunton was among the many individuals targeted in these hoax SWAT raids. In March, Taunton captured surveillance footage of three officers, rifles drawn, attempting to enter his home while he was in bed.

"Nineteen men in body armor arrived at my home under the cover of darkness and pointed automatic weapons into my house. But for my very alert German shepherd, my wife and I might have been killed and perhaps a police officer or two. (I was armed)," Taunton told Blaze News, adding that people who saw the surveillance footage were "horrified."

Taunton expressed skepticism that the raid was connected to China, though he noted that the FBI had informed him the agency suspected "it was directed by foreign agents."

"On the other hand, they seemed to think my 'swatting' was related to my efforts to expose the corruption of [the United States Agency for International Development]. That made sense given what happened in the weeks leading up to my swatting," he stated.

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Taunton explained that he had recently spoken on Steve Bannon's "WarRoom" about how the USAID "was running a massive human trafficking op running from South America, through the Darién Gap, straight up to the U.S. border."

A few weeks later, while in Cairo, Taunton claims he "had a dramatic standoff" with police in Egypt outside of a USAID facility.

"But China?" Taunton questioned. "I know it is said the Chinese play the long game, but I don't see the connection to my swatting unless they were somehow recipients of USAID monies."

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When asked whether he believes the hoax SWAT raids are an act of war, Taunton replied, "If done by a foreign power, yes. At the very least, it is attempted murder by proxy."

He called it "both true and troublesome" that a source told Blaze News that the only reason the SIM farm in New York City was taken down was because a senior Secret Service official had been the target of a bogus SWAT raid.

"Otherwise, this investigation would have never been initiated," the source stated.

According to that quote, Taunton said, "The feds were going to do nothing in my case nor that of others."

"That's a problem," he remarked.

Sean George, also known on X as Beard Vet, told Blaze News that the hoax SWAT raid on his residence on March 16 "stole our peace" and has forced "constant vigilance for 7-8 months now."

"China's SIM farms reveal a coordinated attack, not random. It's a national security crisis demanding urgent action from the government," he said. "If it's confirmed that China's SIM farms fueled the swattings, then it was 100% an act of asymmetric warfare."

"We need justice and President Trump must prioritize dismantling these networks, possible sanctions and revoke all visas from Chinese nationals," George added.

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Dustin Grage, a columnist for Townhall, and his family were also victims of a bogus swatting attempt in March. Grage told Blaze News that the attacks should be "a top national security priority," noting that "it's not surprising that China might be behind these attacks."

"They have the most to lose under a Trump presidency," Grage stated. "Considering I was one of the leading voices exposing Tim Walz's ties to the CCP, it makes sense I'd be targeted. Like others who've been attacked, our work was instrumental in helping elect President Trump."

Those targeted by these hoax swatting attempts generally agree that they constitute domestic terrorism, Grage added.

"If it's discovered that a foreign entity is behind them, I don't see how anyone could argue it's not an act of war," he continued. "When a foreign power targets and endangers American lives on our own soil, that's exactly what it is."

"While I'm not an expert on how this SIM card network went undetected for so long, I do know that it must be stopped," he said. "With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we've reached a point where all threats to political voices must be treated as serious acts of violence. The intent behind these attacks is clear: to kill, injure, and silence key voices."

Grage called on the Trump administration to "send a clear message that this will not be tolerated."

A White House official told Blaze News, “The administration is closely monitoring this issue and has assured that appropriate resources are focused on addressing the matter. This is an ongoing investigation, and we have nothing additional to share at this time.”

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While the lights are off, let’s rewire the government



The United States faces an existential threat from the accelerating military power of communist China — a buildup fueled by decades of massive economic expansion. If America intends to counter Beijing’s ambitions, it must grow faster, leaner, and more efficient. Economic strength is national security.

The ongoing government shutdown may not be popular, but it gives President Trump a rare opportunity to make good on his campaign pledge to drain — and redesign — “the swamp.” Streamlining the federal government isn’t just good politics. It’s a matter of survival.

A government that builds wealth rather than expands debt can out-produce China, sustain deterrence, and restore the American ideal of self-government.

George Washington ran the nation with four Cabinet departments: war, treasury, state, and the attorney general. The Department of the Interior came later, followed by the Department of Agriculture, added by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 when America was an agrarian power.

The modern Cabinet, by contrast, is a bureaucratic junkyard built more in reaction to political problems than by design. The Labor Department was carved from the Commerce Department to appease the unions. Lyndon Johnson invented the Department of Transportation. Jimmy Carter established the Department of Energy in response to the Arab oil embargo. The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence emerged after 9/11.

The result is a patchwork of agencies wired together with duct tape, overlap, and patronage. A government designed for crisis management has become a permanent crisis unto itself.

Enter the Department of National Economy

A return to first principles starts with a single question: How can we accelerate American productivity?

The answer: consolidate. Merge the Departments of Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, Transportation, and Energy into a Department of National Economy. One Cabinet secretary, five undersecretaries, one mission: to expand the flow of goods and services that generate national wealth.

The new department’s motto should be a straightforward question: What did your enterprise do today to increase the wealth of the United States?

Fewer bureaucracies mean fewer fiefdoms, less redundancy, and enormous cost savings. Synergy replaces stovepipes. The government’s economic engine becomes a single machine instead of six competing engines running on taxpayer fuel.

Fold Homeland Security into the Coast Guard

Homeland Security should be absorbed by the U.S. Coast Guard, which already functions as a paramilitary force with both military and police authority, much like Italy’s Carabinieri. Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, DHS personnel would share discipline, training, and accountability.

FEMA would cease to be a dumping ground for political hacks. Any discrimination in disaster aid — such as punishing Trump voters — would trigger a court-martial.

The Secret Service would focus solely on protective duties, handing its financial-crime work to the FBI. The secretary of the Coast Guard would gain a seat in the Cabinet.

Restoring intelligence to the OSS model

The Office of Director of National Intelligence should be re-established as the Office of Strategic Services, commanded by a figure in the tradition of Major General “Wild Bill” Donovan. Elements of U.S. Special Operations Command would be seconded to the new OSS, reviving its World War II lineage.

All intelligence agencies — CIA, DIA, FBI, the State Department, DEA, and the service branches — should share common foundational training. The current decline in discipline and capability at the National Intelligence University, worsened by the DEI policies of its leadership, demands urgent correction. Diversity cannot come at the expense of competence.

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Law enforcement and the flat tax

At the Department of Justice, dissolve the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Shift alcohol and tobacco oversight to the DEA, firearms and explosives to the U.S. Marshals.

Let the DEA also absorb the Food and Drug Administration, which would become its research and standards division.

Return the FBI to pure investigation — armed but without arrest powers. Enforcement should rest with the U.S. Marshals. Counterintelligence would move to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, reinforced by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

The IRS should be dismantled and replaced with a small agency built around a flat-tax model such as the Hall-Rabushka plan.

Move the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to Homeland Security. Send its Office of Climate Change and Health Equity to NOAA — or eliminate it entirely.

At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, expand the inspector general’s office tenfold and pay bonuses for rooting out fraud.

Restoring deterrence

The Pentagon needs its own overhaul. Because of China’s rapid military buildup, the Air Force’s Global Strike Command should be separated from U.S. Strategic Command and report directly to the secretary of war and the president under its historic name — Strategic Air Command.

Submarines and silos are invisible; bombers are not. Deterrence depends on visibility. A line of B-1s, B-2s, B-52s, and 100 new B-21 Raider stealth bombers, all bearing the mailed-fist insignia of the old SAC, would send an unmistakable message to Beijing.

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Toward a leaner republic

With Trump back in the White House, this moment is ripe for radical efficiency. A government that builds wealth rather than expands debt can out-produce China, sustain deterrence, and restore the American ideal of self-government.

George Washington’s government fit inside a single carriage. We won’t return to that scale — but we can rediscover that spirit. A lean, unified, strategically organized government would make wealth creation easier, limit bureaucratic overreach, and preserve the republic for the long fight ahead.

Phones and drones expose the cracks in America’s defenses



In June, Israel embarrassed Iran’s ruling class, killing generals, politicians, and nuclear scientists with precision strikes. Tehran’s top brass thought they were safe. They weren’t.

Why? Their bodyguards and drivers carried cell phones that gave them away. That’s all it took for Israel to trace them and unleash devastation. The supreme leader only survived because President Donald Trump ordered Israel not to pull the trigger on him.

Phones in pockets and drones in the sky may not look like weapons, but they’re deadly if left unchecked.

The Israelis achieved this feat by identifying the weak link and exploiting it.

“We know senior officials and commanders did not carry phones, but their interlocutors, security guards, and drivers had phones; they did not take precautions seriously, and this is how most of them were traced,” an Iranian analyst told theNew York Times.

Iran’s failure should be America’s wake-up call — because we share the same blind spots.

The weakest link in US security

The U.S. government spends billions on cybersecurity. All that it takes is one careless employee with a smartphone in his pocket to blow it all up.

Even when not in use, phones emit wireless signals that can be detected, tracked, or exploited, potentially allowing adversaries to locate classified sites or intercept top-secret communications.

Most sensitive government facilities ban phones, but bans mean nothing without enforcement. Few have the tools to actually detect compromising phone use.

The solution already exists: wireless intrusion detection systems. Think of them as radar for the invisible spectrum. They pick up unauthorized devices, expose the threat, and let security teams act before adversaries do.

Washington wastes trillions on bureaucratic nonsense, but it can’t make sure the guy walking into a sensitive compartmented information facility isn’t carrying a digital beacon for the Chinese Communist Party? That’s how empires fall.

The new terrorist weapon

Drone technology is also changing the game.

In 2020, Azerbaijan crushed Armenia with cheap drones. Ukraine used $1,000 drones to destroy billions of dollars’ worth of Russian aircraft during Operation Spider’s Web. A hundred hobby drones, a few bombs, and some know-how — that’s all it took to humiliate the Kremlin.

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Now imagine what Iran, China, or even a terrorist cell on U.S. soil could do using the same playbook. Hackers can override “no-fly” geofencing software in minutes. That means no city, power plant, or military base is truly safe.

Stopping this requires ripping China out of our drone supply chains and arming American law enforcement with real anti-drone defenses. Anything less is a gamble with American lives.

Adapt or die

War evolves, technology evolves, and America must evolve with them. Phones in pockets and drones in the sky may not look like weapons, but they’re deadly if left unchecked.

America doesn’t need more bloated Pentagon reports or blue-ribbon commissions. We need decisive action — mandating wireless intrusion detection systems in every secure facility, hardening our skies against drones, and cutting China out of the equation entirely.

The Israelis exploited Iran’s weakness. Tomorrow, someone will exploit ours — unless we fix our weaknesses now.

Adapt or lose. That’s the choice.

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