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The Fox News Rundown

Extra: World Cup Security And The New Drone Threat

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Militarized drones have drastically changed the battlefield—but the rapidly evolving technology is also creating dangerous new threats right here at home. With massive summer events on the horizon, including the World Cup and the upcoming UFC match on the White House South Lawn, detecting and deterring potential attacks from above has become a top priority for national security officials. Drone expert, former Delta Force intelligence analyst, and FOX News Contributor Brett Velicovich joined FOX News’ Lucas Tomlinson on the FOX News Rundown recently to break down how easily adversaries can acquire and weaponize these devices. Velicovich also explains how ongoing global conflicts—like the war in Ukraine and tensions with Iran—are serving as a testing ground for rogue drone tactics, and whether U.S. security officials are truly prepared to protect the homeland. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full conversation. Today on the FOX News Rundown Extra, we share our entire interview with Brett Velicovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Fox News Rundown, Extra.

0:04.0

I'm Lucas Tomlinson.

0:08.0

Militarized drones have drastically changed the battlefield,

0:12.0

but the rapidly evolving technology is also creating new and challenging threats here at home.

0:18.0

Detecting and deterring potential attacks from above will become a top priority

0:22.4

for national security officials in the coming weeks as the country is preparing for large-scale

0:27.6

public events this summer, including the World Cup, the UFC match scheduled to take place

0:33.2

on the White House South Lawn June 14th. Earlier this week, I spoke with Brett Velikovych, a drone expert,

0:40.0

former Delta Force intelligence analyst, and Fox News contributor

0:43.5

about these threats and whether security officials here are ready for them.

0:48.5

Velikovych explained how the bad guys attain them,

0:51.5

learn how to operate them, and could use them against us.

0:55.0

He also discussed how the war between Ukraine and Russia and the U.S. conflict with Iran

1:00.0

are teaching our adversaries how effective drones can be.

1:04.0

The conversation went on too long for a regular weekday rundown podcast and radio show,

1:09.0

so now you can hear the whole thing right here. You can

1:12.9

also find it in a video version by going to our Fox News Headlines 24-7 YouTube page. Thanks for

1:19.4

listening and especially for subscribing. Now here's Brett Velikovic on the Fox News Rundown

1:24.8

Extra.

1:33.0

It's great to have Brett Velikovic joining us,

1:38.2

former U.S. Army Special Operations Operator, drone expert,

1:45.1

no better man to talk drones in the threat against the United States and the world, then you. Great to join you, Brett.

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