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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrones over hegseth/rubio military residence
U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live, according to three people briefed on the situation. Officials have not determined where they came from, two of the people said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/18/hegseth-rubio-drone-targeting-iran/
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Drones over hegseth/rubio military residence (Original Post)
SamuelTheThird
5 hrs ago
OP
Multiple sources are reporting this info including WAPO and the midnight
Totally Tunsie
4 hrs ago
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DURHAM D
(33,046 posts)1. Why am I smiling ? ? ?
vapor2
(4,420 posts)5. Because it's karma
stage left
(3,284 posts)12. The same reason I'm smiling?
LearnedHand
(5,397 posts)2. So where's the El Paso drone destroyer now?
JFC on a cracker.
newdeal2
(5,333 posts)3. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
Its telling that a lot of Trumps cabinet lives on military bases.
tulipsandroses
(8,240 posts)4. Hmm, I don't trust anything from these folks
I dont put it past them to stage threats to rally the country in favor of their war.
wnylib
(25,823 posts)6. Yup. Consider the source. The Wash. Post caved in
to Trump before inauguration day.
Deuxcents
(26,651 posts)7. Drones over a military base?
SamuelTheThird
(1,042 posts)8. Not new
Deuxcents
(26,651 posts)10. Thank you..always learning something here
Figarosmom
(11,667 posts)9. Yeah, I wouldn't want to live near any of them.
Or Maralargo
BadgerKid
(4,989 posts)11. so WaPo discloses/confirms their secret location? Nt
Totally Tunsie
(11,815 posts)13. Multiple sources are reporting this info including WAPO and the midnight
showing of The Story Is with Elex Michaelson on CNN.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2026/03/18/drones-over-base-where-rubio-hegseth
Nice house you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2026/03/18/drones-over-base-where-rubio-hegseth
U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above the Washington Army base where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth live, according to three people briefed on the situation. Officials have not determined where they came from, two of the people said.
The military is monitoring potential threats more closely because of the heightened alert level as the United States and Israel strike Iran, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters. Multiple drones were spotted over Fort McNair on a single night in the last 10 days, the official said, prompting increased security measures and a meeting at the White House to discuss how to respond.
The military is monitoring potential threats more closely because of the heightened alert level as the United States and Israel strike Iran, according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters. Multiple drones were spotted over Fort McNair on a single night in the last 10 days, the official said, prompting increased security measures and a meeting at the White House to discuss how to respond.
Nice house you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it.
JoseBalow
(9,435 posts)14. Waiting for the usual suspects
"Officials have not determined where they came from..."

littlemissmartypants
(33,069 posts)15. They don't count unless they're kamikaze drones.
nuxvomica
(14,065 posts)16. I bet they had previously fired their best drone experts
For being overweight and/or unshaven and/or woke.
BidenRocks
(3,202 posts)17. Are the sleeper cells woke?
orleans
(36,870 posts)18. probably just special little angels flying overhead to keep watch over them while they sleep
sweet dreams to the two asshats
live love laugh
(16,351 posts)19. They're piloting them.
Aussie105
(7,868 posts)20. How much C4 can a small drone carry?
Say, 2 lb including an impact detonator?
. . . asking for no particular reason.