A top commander responsible for defending the U.S. homeland warned Thursday that American military bases are “ill-equipped” to repel a swarm of small attack drones.

The vulnerability that persists even as the Pentagon seeks billions for new counter-drone weapons, and Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Jarrard said the shortfall begins well before troops try to shoot down a drone.

Some bases do not have the sensors to spot and track an incoming swarm or the weapons to take it out, the deputy commander of U.S. Northern Command and vice commander of the American contingent at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

“We don’t have the sensors, and…

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