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Iranian drone swarms pose ‘credible threat’ to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group, defense expert says
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U.S. military assets headed to the Middle East could face a serious threat from Iranian drone swarms as reports emerge that Iran’s supreme leader has gone underground, according to a leading military drone expert.
Cameron Chell, CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, warned that Iran’s growing reliance on low-cost unmanned systems poses a credible danger to high-value U.S. naval assets, including the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group.
«Iran’s drone capabilities are worth well into the tens of millions of dollars,» Chell told Fox News Digital.
«By pairing low-cost warheads with inexpensive delivery platforms, essentially remotely piloted aircraft, Iran has developed an effective asymmetric threat against highly sophisticated military systems.»
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In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Navy, a RIM-7P NATO Sea Sparrow Missile launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during a stream raid shooting exercise on Aug. 13, 2007, at sea. (M. Jeremie Yoder/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Chell said Iran can launch large numbers of relatively unsophisticated drones directly at naval vessels, creating saturation attacks that could overwhelm traditional defenses.
«If hundreds are launched in a short period of time, some are almost certain to get through,» Chell said.
«Modern defense systems were not originally designed to counter that kind of saturation attack. For U.S. surface vessels operating near Iran, warships are prime targets.»
The warning comes as a senior U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group had not yet crossed into U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility in the Indian Ocean.
«It is close, but technically not in CENTCOM yet,» the source said. This would indicate the carrier strike group is not yet in a position to strike Iran.
U.S. officials say Washington is reinforcing its military posture in response to growing instability inside Iran, boosting its presence by air, land and sea, while closely monitoring developments in Syria.
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An American F-15EX in action. (U.S. Air Force)
A squadron of F-15 fighter jets has deployed to the region, and C-17 aircraft carrying heavy equipment have arrived.
Once the aircraft carrier strike group enters the CENTCOM area of operations, which should be soon, it will still take several days before the strike is fully on station.
Chell noted that U.S. and allied militaries are rapidly developing defenses but uncertainty over new capabilities on the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier groups for managing multiple Iranian drones flying in formation remains. He emphasized that Iran’s drone fleet is a concern.
«These drones give Iran a very credible way to threaten surface vessels,» he said. «U.S. assets in the region are large, slow-moving and easily identifiable on radar, which makes them targetable.»
«Iran’s strength lies instead in these low-cost, high-volume drone systems—particularly one-way strike drones designed to fly into a target and detonate.»
Chell explained that Iran gained an early advantage in what are known as Category One and Category Two drone systems—low-cost platforms that can be produced in large numbers and used effectively in asymmetric warfare.
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Iranian opposition group exposed a top-secret drone base in the country. It is said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei oversees the operation. (Getty Images/NCRI)
«Category Three systems are a completely different matter,» he said. «In that area, Iran is decades behind the United States.»
The U.S. military buildup coincides with widespread unrest inside Iran. Protests erupted Dec. 28 amid mounting public discontent.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said the casualty figures had reached 5,459 as of Sunday, with 17,031 cases under investigation.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been reported to have moved into a fortified underground shelter in Tehran after senior officials assessed an increased risk of a potential U.S. strike, according to reports.
President Donald Trump also addressed the deployment on Jan. 21, telling reporters, «We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we’ll see what happens. We have a big force going towards Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely.»
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Hombres armados abrieron fuego el domingo en un campo de fútbol abarrotado de gente en México, y mataron a 11 personas e hirieron a otras 12, en un ataque que pareció poner de relieve la persistente violencia de los cárteles en el país, a pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno.
Según las autoridades locales, los disparos alcanzaron a quienes estaban socializando después de un partido de fútbol, culminando un periodo especialmente violento en Salamanca, ciudad de 275.000 habitantes situada en el estado de Guanajuato, al centro del país.
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Otro episodio dejó cinco muertos en Salamanca el sábado, y una semana antes las autoridades desactivaron un artefacto explosivo en las inmediaciones de una refinería de la empresa gubernamental Petróleos Mexicanos en la ciudad.
“Estamos pasando por un momento grave, una grave descomposición social”, dijo César Prieto, alcalde de Salamanca, en un discurso grabado en video el domingo por la noche. “Lamentablemente, hay grupos criminales tratando de someter a la autoridad, cosa que no van a lograr”.
Mientras defiende los resultados de su estrategia de seguridad, la presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, dijo este lunes que su gobierno estaba en contacto cercano con las autoridades de Guanajuato “para poder dar con los responsables”. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte, Archivo)
Guanajuato registró el mayor número de asesinatos de México el año pasado, con 2035 homicidios dolosos. Esa violencia ha sido impulsada en gran medida por una guerra territorial entre un cártel local y el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, el grupo criminal más poderoso de México.
Salamanca, en concreto, se encuentra cerca de una frontera que separa los territorios controlados por cada grupo, y también alberga una importante refinería de petróleo. Ambos cárteles quieren controlar Salamanca para impulsar sus negocios de narcotráfico y robo de combustible. Las autoridades locales dijeron que estaban investigando el tiroteo del domingo, y también si alguno de los dos cárteles estaba implicado.
La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, que ha defendido los resultados de su estrategia de seguridad, dijo a los periodistas el lunes que su gobierno estaba en contacto cercano con las autoridades de Guanajuato “para poder dar con los responsables”.
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En un comunicado, la gobernadora de Guanajuato, Libia Dennise García, calificó el ataque de “hecho inaceptable” y dijo que las fuerzas estatales y federales estaban reforzando la seguridad.
El tiroteo masivo es un acontecimiento especialmente inoportuno para el gobierno mexicano, que ha estado llevando a cabo una agresiva campaña contra los cárteles de la droga en un esfuerzo por demostrar a la Casa Blanca que se toma en serio la erradicación del flujo de drogas hacia Estados Unidos.
El presidente Donald Trump lleva meses amenazando con emprender ataques terrestres contra los cárteles en México, afirmando que estos grupos dirigen el país. Sheinbaum ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones que un ataque unilateral sería una violación de la soberanía mexicana.
Recientemente, las amenazas más específicas de Trump, así como la captura del presidente Nicolás Maduro de Venezuela a manos de Estados Unidos, han aumentado los temores entre los funcionarios mexicanos de que México podría estar en el punto de mira a continuación. El gobierno de Trump también ha estado presionando a las autoridades mexicanas para que permitan la presencia de fuerzas estadounidenses en México.
En respuesta, México se ha mostrado dispuesto a golpear con más dureza a los cárteles, con la esperanza de evitar cualquier acción estadounidense. En los últimos días, México anunció la captura de varios delincuentes muy buscados, entre ellos un exatleta olímpico canadiense que se había convertido en un prolífico traficante de cocaína. México también trasladó la semana pasada a 37 delincuentes acusados a Estados Unidos. César Prieto, alcalde de Salamanca, advirtió: “Lamentablemente, hay grupos criminales tratando de someter a la autoridad, cosa que no van a lograr”. (Foto: EFE)
Los esfuerzos del gobierno han contribuido a reducir el número de homicidios en más de un 20 por ciento en México en comparación con el año anterior, según el gobierno de Sheinbaum. Las autoridades han centrado gran parte de su potencia de fuego en el Cártel de Sinaloa, una conocida organización delictiva asentada en el oeste del país, y han conseguido debilitar significativamente al grupo. Pero los expertos en seguridad han dicho que, al mismo tiempo, el cártel de Jalisco ha reforzado su control sobre otras partes del país.
Eso incluye Guanajuato. Los homicidios en el estado descendieron durante la segunda mitad del año pasado, pero la lucha entre el cártel de Jalisco y el cártel de Santa Rosa de Lima, un grupo local, ha hecho que continúen las matanzas.
Integrantes de la Guardia Nacional de México custodian la zona donde se cometió un ataque armado este domingo, en la ciudad de Salamanca (México). Al menos 11 personas murieron y 12 más resultaron lesionadas tras un ataque armado durante un partido de fútbol en la comunidad Loma de Flores, en el municipio mexicano de Salamanca, estado de Guanajuato, oeste de México. (Foto: EFE)
El campo de fútbol donde se produjo el tiroteo el domingo es un punto de reunión popular en la comunidad, y los partidos atraen a grandes multitudes cada fin de semana, dijo Orlando Arredondo Gallardo, portavoz del gobierno de Salamanca. “Van niños, hay puestos de comida”, dijo. “Toda la gente asiste y más los días domingos, que es cuando es más familiar”.
Entre las 12 personas heridas en el tiroteo había una mujer y un niño.
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Senate Democrats threaten shutdown by blocking DHS funding after Minnesota ICE shooting
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Anger over a deadly Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-related shooting in Minnesota has pushed Senate Democrats to threaten a cutoff of Homeland Security funding and a possible shutdown.
In just a few short days, Democrats have rapidly coalesced behind their strategy to block funding for the agency as the deadline to fund the government hurtles closer.
Democrats in the upper chamber were already leery of supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, which funds ICE, but had come to a fragile truce with Senate Republicans in concocting several built-in restrictions on the agency and usage of ICE over months of negotiations.
SENATE DEMS REVOLT AGAINST DHS FUNDING BILL AMID MINNEAPOLIS CHAOS, HIKING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RISK
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has coalesced with Democrats behind a plan to strip the DHS funding bill from a broader spending package, but Republicans aren’t biting. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
But the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation over the weekend in Minneapolis destroyed that tepid support. That incident rapidly mobilized Senate Democrats to decry and reject the DHS bill.
Schumer said in a statement that Senate Democrats would not allow the current version of the DHS bill to advance, and argued that Senate Republicans «have seen the same horrific footage that all Americans have watched of the blatant abuses of Americans by ICE in Minnesota.»
«The appalling murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis must lead Republicans to join Democrats in overhauling ICE and [Customs and Border Protection] to protect the public,» Schumer said. «People should be safe from abuse by their own government.»
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A protester, left, and a federal law enforcement officer argue outside a house on Jan. 18, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
«Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill,» he continued. «This is the best course of action, and the American people are on our side.»
Senate Democrats held a private, caucus-wide call on the matter on Sunday. A source familiar with the call told Fox News Digital that Schumer’s plan to reject any DHS bill without several reforms, but that the broader, five-bill funding package could move ahead. Lawmakers could vote on the package as early as Thursday.
«Basically, DHS is the problem and should be split from the package,» they said.
But Senate Republicans aren’t willing to cave to Democrats’ demands, especially given how high a priority funding the agency is for the administration and how fast the Friday deadline to fund the government is approaching.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune speak at a press conference on the Republican budget bill at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Democrats’ position creates several procedural headaches beyond their desire to, for now, shut off funding to DHS. Any modification to the package would require approval from the House, which is not in town until early next month.
And House Republican leadership has no desire to return to Washington, D.C., in the interim, leaving the onus on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and his leadership team to carve out a solution to the growing funding problem.
While some Senate Republicans are demanding a thorough investigation of the shooting of Pretti, none have gone so far as to demand that DHS funding be withheld.
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GOP leaders aren’t willing to cut the bill out of the package just to give Democrats what they want, especially after the current Homeland Security bill was negotiated on a bipartisan basis.
A Senate Republican aide told Fox News Digital that Republicans were «determined to not have another government shutdown.»
«We will move forward as planned and hope Democrats can find a path forward to join us,» they said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a long-anticipated document on U.S. security guarantees is «100% ready» for signing, with Kyiv now waiting for its American partners to confirm the date and place before the agreement moves to ratification in both the U.S. Congress and the Ukrainian parliament.
«For us, security guarantees are first and foremost guarantees of security from the United States. The document is 100% ready,» Zelenskyy said Sunday at a joint press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the presidents of Lithuania and Poland, according to a translation of his remarks from Reuters.
Zelenskyy reiterated at the press conference that Ukraine views membership in the European Union as another core security guarantee and is aiming to join the bloc by 2027, the Ukrainian president’s office said in a statement on its website.
His remarks come after Ukraine, Russia and the United States held trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi for two days over the weekend.
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda attend a press conference following a Lublin Triangle meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 25, 2026. (Yauhen Yerchak/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Zelenskyy said on X that the discussions, which involved political and military representatives from all three sides, were «constructive» and focused on potential parameters for ending his country’s war with Russia.
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The talks in the United Arab Emirates followed a meeting in Moscow on Thursday between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and head of the Federal Acquisition Service Josh Gruenbaum.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum at the Kremlin in Moscow on Jan. 22, 2026. (Alexander Kazakov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said the «extremely frank» discussions lasted roughly four hours and included U.S. officials updating Moscow on their recent conversations with Ukrainian and European leaders, according to a summary of the meeting from the Kremlin.
Territorial issues remain a key obstacle in the negotiations, with Moscow pressing Kyiv to relinquish parts of eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region that Russian forces do not fully control.
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U.S. officials told Axios that negotiations examined the full range of unresolved issues, from Russia’s territorial demands in the Donbas to control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and potential steps to prevent a return to fighting.
Another U.S. official told the outlet a second round of talks is scheduled to take place on Feb. 1.
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