The FBI warned police departments in California in recent days that Iran could retaliate for American attacks by launching drones at the West Coast, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News.
“We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran,” according to the alert distributed at the end of February. “We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack.”
The warning came just as the Trump administration launched its ongoing assault against the Islamic Republic. Iran has been retaliating with drone strikes against targets throughout the Mideast.
Shipping mildly-illegal goods via a third party is completely different than launching a literall terrorist attack on the strongest, most aggresive, north violent police states in the world
Not while it’s at sea. The whole point is illegal containers pass all the way through ports without any knowledge of their contents. We’ve had fireworks busts at port. You know how many people got charged for that? Zero. No one could be proven to be responsible. And drones don’t even need to make it to through the very limited inspections we have at port. Or even travel to the United States at all. San Diego is like 30 miles from a major Mexican shipping hub.
The police and surveillance state will not protect us. Because it is and has always been a sham. Being as secure as you imagine would restrict profit, annoy consumers, and require manpower they don’t want to pay for. They’d rather just take the hit and funnel the money through arms manufacturers for the response.
I totally agree about the security theater aspect but youre talking abour something completely different. There is no chance Iran could sneak drones into a shipping container then use them WITHIN the usa (even less likely than the ship), to attack americans.