Unidentified drones were detected over the Washington military base where Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio live. The information was reported by the Washington Post, citing three people familiar with the situation. CNN confirmed the report. According to sources, the incidents occurred at night, and the military was unable to identify the operator or the origin of the drones. CNN ↗
The incident is extremely sensitive from a security standpoint — it involves a base in the US capital where the two highest-ranking members of the Trump administration responsible for the war in Iran reside. Hegseth, as Secretary of Defense, oversees Operation Epic Fury, while Rubio, as head of diplomacy, coordinates the international coalition. It is not yet clear whether the drones were reconnaissance, commercial, or hostile. The Pentagon has not officially commented on the incident. NBC News ↗
Drones have become the defining weapon of the war in Iran. Iranian Shahed-136 drones — cheap, single-use unmanned aircraft costing $20,000 to $50,000 apiece — killed six American soldiers in an attack on an operations center in Kuwait in the first days of the war. In total, 13 American soldiers have died, most of them from drones. The Pentagon admitted that Iranian drones "pose a bigger problem than expected" and that American air defense "cannot intercept all of them." Drones fly low and slow, which makes them harder to intercept than ballistic missiles. NPR ↗ CNN ↗
The problem of unidentified drones over American military bases is not new. In December 2024, mysterious drones flew over bases on the US East Coast, and the Pentagon was unable to explain their origin. In February 2026, the Pentagon mistakenly shot down a US Customs and Border Protection drone using a laser system — revealing chaos in identifying flying objects over its own territory. If it is confirmed that the drones over the Washington base are linked to Iran, it would be the first penetration of hostile reconnaissance onto American territory since the start of the war. NPR ↗ CNN ↗
Secretary of Defense Hegseth claimed on Friday that "Iranian drone attacks have dropped by 95 percent since the start of the war." However, analysts point out that the decline does not necessarily mean the threat has been eliminated — Iran may have redirected drones toward other targets or be preparing a new wave. Satellite images and videos from NBC News showed that "Iran's drone army has broken through American and allied defenses" at multiple locations in the Persian Gulf. The question of who operated the drones over Washington remains unanswered. NBC News ↗
Unknown drones flew over Hegseth and Rubio's base in Washington: Pentagon doesn't know who's behind it
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Marco Rubio
Minister zahraničia USA
28.03.2026
„Koniec vojny s Iránom je otázkou týždňov, nie mesiacov"
Vyjadrenie po summite G7 vo Francúzsku
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Pete Hegseth
Minister obrany USA
15.08.2026
„indefinitely"
Vyjadrenie o možnom trvaní námornej blokády Iránu
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Marco Rubio
Minister zahraničných vecí USA
25.06.2026
„absolútny chaos"
Varovanie pred dôsledkami iránskeho mýta v Hormuzskom prielive
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Marco Rubio
Americký minister zahraničných vecí
25.06.2026
„International waterways do not belong to any nation state. If in fact we accepted that you can charge money to use an international waterway because it happens to be near your territorial space, well then this will spread throughout the world like a contagion."
Po rokovaní s ministrami štátov Perzského zálivu v Bahrajne, kde USA aj GCC odmietli iránsky plán spoplatniť tranzit cez Hormuzský prieliv.
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Pete Hegseth
Minister obrany USA
18.06.2026
„J’annonce aujourd’hui un réexamen de six mois (...) qui étudiera la présence des forces américaines et leur implantation en Europe"
Oznámenie preskúmania americkej vojenskej prítomnosti v Európe
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Pete Hegseth
Minister obrany USA
11.06.2026
„Il Centcom sarà impegnato stasera. Gli attacchi di questa sera saranno potenti e netti"
Avízo útokov na Irán
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