{"id":2379364,"date":"2024-12-12T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-lawmaker-says-pentagon-has-been-incredibly-stupid-with-drones-in-his-state-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T13:17:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T18:17:48","slug":"nj-lawmaker-says-pentagon-has-been-incredibly-stupid-with-drones-in-his-state-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-lawmaker-says-pentagon-has-been-incredibly-stupid-with-drones-in-his-state-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ lawmaker says Pentagon has been \u2018incredibly stupid\u2019 with drones in his state &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-lawmaker-says-pentagon-has-been-incredibly-stupid-with-drones-in-his-state-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2379364&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Jeff Van Drew,\u200b a\u2062 Republican from New \u2063Jersey, criticized the Pentagon \u200dfor what he described as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gal-gadot-says-joss-whedon-threatened-her-career-but-she-handled-it\/\" title=\"Gal Gadot Says Joss Whedon \u2018Threatened\u2019 Her Career, But She \u2018Handled It\u2019\">incredibly stupid<\/a>&#8221; management of drone activity \u2062in the state. He claimed \u2063to have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">credible \u200bsources\u2063 suggesting<\/a> that some\u200d of\u200c the drones operating in New jersey could originate from\u2063 Iran. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-who-was-shown-in-kamala-harris-ad-reveals-truth-about-featured-clip-deceiving-to-say-the-least\/\" title=\"Sheriff Who Was Shown in Kamala Harris Ad Reveals Truth About Featured Clip: &#039;Deceiving, to Say the Least&#039;\">comments highlight concerns<\/a> \u200dregarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-to-give-ukraine-everything-it-needs-for-as-long-as-it-takes-biden-national-security-adviser-says\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s adviser promises full support to Ukraine indefinitely.\">national\u2062 security<\/a> and the effectiveness of the Pentagon&#8217;s\u200c response to potential\u2064 threats associated with \u2063drone use.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">NJ lawmaker says Pentagon has been &lsquo;incredibly stupid&rsquo; with drones in his state<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1910509\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) insisted he has &ldquo;credible&rdquo; sources that drones in his state could be from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a>, calling the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pentagon&rsquo;s<\/a> handling of the situation &ldquo;incredibly stupid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3257665\/pentagon-new-jersey-rep-drones-iran-false\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dismissed Van Drew&rsquo;s claims Wednesday<\/a>, saying there is not &ldquo;any truth&rdquo; to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey<\/a> lawmaker&rsquo;s claims on the drones or that they came from an Iranian ship off the coast. However, Van Drew pushed back against this dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been incredibly stupid and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-w-smith-how-new-york-is-trying-to-gut-the-second-amendment-at-the-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Mark W. Smith: How New York is Trying to Gut the Second Amendment at the Supreme Court\">incredibly weak<\/a> with this,&rdquo; Van Drew said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the point: we know they&rsquo;re not backyard drones that some hobbyist is using because they&rsquo;re more sophisticated than that. We know that they&rsquo;re not a commercial company within the United States because we don&rsquo;t even have this level of sophistication yet. We&rsquo;re a full decade behind where China is with drones. The government claims it&rsquo;s not them, they say it&rsquo;s not them. So who is it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2724882&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=dfab07d653a6a84b98d278bae5d000ec\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New Jersey lawmaker then reiterated his claim that &ldquo;dependable&rdquo; whistleblowers informed him that there is &ldquo;a real possibility&rdquo; these drones are from Iran. He then said, &ldquo;as cited by the Coast Guard,&rdquo; that the drones are going in and out of the ocean, where they are landing on &ldquo;something.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Van Drew then questioned why the Pentagon did not choose to take down one of these drones and properly analyze it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It reminds me of the spy balloon last year: traveled the whole country, obtained all the information it wanted as it was just about to exit, then finally, the president ordered it to be shot down,&rdquo; Van Drew said. &ldquo;This is weakness and stupidity, and it&rsquo;s intolerable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has similarly warned about these drones, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/12\/10\/50-nj-drones-came-in-from-ocean-12-trailed-coast-guard-ship-congressman-fbi-admits-dont-know-origin\/76893631007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">over a dozen of them followed a 47-foot Coast Guard boat Sunday night<\/a>. During a recent congressional hearing, Smith urged officials to grant authorization for these drones to be shot down, calling them &ldquo;a very serious threat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) has said the drones are using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/12\/nj-had-49-mystery-drone-sightings-in-one-night-but-not-all-were-legit-murphy-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;very sophisticated&rdquo; technology<\/a>, and &ldquo;they go dark&rdquo; as soon as they are spotted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1910509\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1910509\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ lawmaker criticizes Pentagon&#8217;s drone response as &#8220;stupid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2379365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jeff-Van-Drew-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7375,7237,46664,3761,32076],"class_list":["post-2379364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-criticism","tag-drones","tag-nj-lawmaker","tag-pentagon","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Jeff-Van-Drew-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379368,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379364\/revisions\/2379368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}