00:00Drone-related threats remain a major security concern as the United States prepares to host the FIFA World Cup next
00:07week.
00:07According to front office sports, the Trump administration has spent US$250 million since December
00:14to help cities strengthen defences against potential drone threats.
00:20During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday,
00:24Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen said counter-drone capabilities remain a work in progress.
00:30He described drones as his biggest security concern,
00:33and said authorities are continuing to improve their detection and response capabilities every day.
00:39His remarks came as the opening matches of the World Cup are scheduled to begin on June 11.
00:44To support security preparations, all 11 host states and Washington, D.C.
00:49have received funding through a $250 million Federal Emergency Management Agency grant program.
00:56The funding is being used to strengthen the detection,
00:59tracking and neutralization of unauthorized aircraft and drone activity around key venues.
01:05On match days, aircraft and drones will be banned within a three-and-a-half-mile radius of stadiums
01:11and below an altitude of 3,000 feet.
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