FBI warns battlefield-style drone attacks could reach US: 'Only a matter of time'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia told Fox News Digital it is "only a matter of time" before battlefield-style drone attacks reach the United States, warning that emerging 5G/LTE-connected drones could make future threats harder to detect and stop. EXCLUSIVE: It is "only a matter of time" before the type of drone attacks seen on battlefields overseas reach the United States, FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia warned in an interview with Fox News Digital — as investigators race to prepare for rapidly evolving technology that could eventually allow operators thousands of miles away to pilot aircraft targeting Americans. "I think the biggest threat right now, kind of the five-yard target, if you will, is going to be that threat from a drone," Raia said. Federal officials increasingly have become concerned that advances in commercially available drone technolog