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The Pentagon has released an unclassified guide explaining how U.S. troops are expected to detect, identify, defeat, and survive small drones.
Published by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the 89-page guide covers everything from human air guards and battlefield camouflage to jammers, interceptor drones, AI-assisted guns, high-powered microwaves, and lasers. It also introduces the SCAN immediate-action drill—and makes clear that counter-drone defense is now everybody’s responsibility.
In this video, we break down the military’s layered approach to the drone threat, the technology being fielded, and what individual troops are supposed to do when something appears overhead.
Read the guide:
https://media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/08/2003992822/-1/-1/1/JOINT-INTERAGENCY-TASK-FORCE-401-2026-COUNTER-SMALL-UNMANNED-AIRCRAFT-SYSTEMS-QUICK-REFERENCE-GUIDE.PDF
Read the full story from Task & Purpose:
https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/drone-guide-book/
00:00 – Intro
01:18 – Ad
02:32 – The c-sUAS TTPs
06:15 – The systems troops use to defeat drones
10:58 – SCAN – What troops do in drone environments
14:32 – Channel updates
Recorded on: September 14, 2026
Written / Edited by: Kyle Gunn
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