2026年3月12日 上午11:16 UTC / 路透社
作者：大卫·谢泼德森
2026年3月12日 上午11:16 UTC 更新于2分钟前
美国华盛顿特区，2026年3月12日（路透社） – 美国参议院商务委员会最高民主党成员周四表示，美国政府在得克萨斯州使用基于激光的反无人机系统的近期事件将飞行公众置于危险之中，政府机构必须解决严重问题。
“这些事件凸显了严重的流程失误，使飞行公众面临不可接受的安全风险，”参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔（Maria Cantwell）在致路透社看到的一封信中写道，信中她向五角大楼、联邦航空管理局（FAA）、国土安全部及其他机构提出要求。
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“在未与联邦航空管理局充分协调的情况下部署该系统，这是不可接受的，这可能违反了法律，”她补充道。
2月25日，美军误射了一架政府无人机，使用的是基于激光的反无人机系统，导致联邦航空管理局扩大了得克萨斯州汉考克堡附近的禁飞区域。这一事件发生在2月18日联邦航空管理局下令在附近的埃尔帕索机场暂停10天所有航班之后，该命令在约8小时后解除。
坎特韦尔指出，2026年国际足联世界杯和2028年洛杉矶奥运会可能面临无人机威胁，她说每个负有反无人机责任的美国政府机构“现在都需要做好准备，在面对此类威胁时迅速采取行动，同时不危及航空安全。”
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她还表示，希望各机构在3月25日前提供简报，说明他们将采取哪些措施确保协调，并概述如何在州和地方层面实施反无人机工作。
“我们需要你们各自机构的领导层立即调配适当的资源和关注，解决这些协调问题——在发生可预防的悲剧之前，”她说。
五角大楼和联邦航空管理局尚未立即就这封信置评，但上周表示，他们计划测试用于对抗无人机的高能激光，旨在解决联邦航空管理局的安全担忧。
美国副交通部长史蒂夫·布拉德伯里表示，需要更好的协调。他上周告诉路透社，测试是必要的，这样联邦航空管理局才能“了解（激光系统的）局限性、如何调整以及如何控制”。
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US must fix issues with anti-drone laser system, key Democratic senator says
March 12, 2026 11:16 AM UTC / Reuters
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March 12, 2026 11:16 AM UTC Updated 2 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee said on Thursday that recent incidents involving the government’s use of a laser-based anti-drone system in Texas put the flying public at risk, and government agencies must address serious issues.
“These incidents highlighted serious process failures that expose the flying public to unacceptable safety risks,” Senator Maria Cantwell wrote to the Pentagon, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies in a letter seen by Reuters.
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“It is unacceptable that this system was deployed without adequate coordination with FAA, which likely violated the law,” she added.
The U.S. military errantly shot down a government drone with a laser-based anti-drone system on February 25, leading the FAA to expand an area where flights are barred around Fort Hancock, Texas. The incident followed a February 18 decision by the FAA to halt all flights for 10 days at the nearby El Paso airport, an order it lifted after about eight hours.
Cantwell noted the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics would face potential drone threats and said each U.S. government agency “with counter-drone responsibilities needs to be prepared now to act swiftly in the face of any such threat without jeopardizing aviation safety.”
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She also said she wanted a briefing from the agencies by March 25 on the steps they would take to ensure coordination, and outline how counter-drone efforts would be implemented at state and local levels.
“We need leadership at your respective agencies to allocate appropriate resources and attention to fix these coordination problems without delay – before a preventable tragedy occurs,” she said.
The Pentagon and FAA did not immediately comment on the letter but said last week that they planned to test high-energy lasers designed to counter drones, aiming to address the FAA’s safety concerns.
U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Steve Bradbury said better coordination was needed. He told Reuters last week that testing was necessary so the FAA could “get comfortable with what (the laser system’s) limitations are, how it can be adjusted, how it can be controlled.”
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Pooja Desai
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