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Kansas Guard tells lawmakers small drones are "one of the biggest risks" and pitches Smoky Hill as national counter‑UAS test site
Summary
Lieutenant Colonel Keith Marshall told the Joint Committee on Kansas Security that small unmanned aircraft are “one of the biggest risks to the state of Kansas right now,” and urged lawmakers to back using Kansas ranges, bases and research centers to develop counter‑UAS capabilities.
Lieutenant Colonel Keith Marshall, speaking for the Adjutant General—s Department and the Kansas National Guard, told the Joint Committee on Kansas Security that small unmanned aircraft are “one of the biggest risks to the state of Kansas right now.” Marshall described hundreds of UAS incursions at U.S. Air Force bases since 2022, battlefield uses in Ukraine and recent attacks that have caused personnel casualties and significant equipment losses.
Marshall said the risk is not limited to high-end weaponry. "It's the small unmanned aircraft that are fairly low sophistication, low technology, easy for anyone to use," he told the committee, and described how low-cost systems have been used for attacks, espionage and to…
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