Going to Area 51

The problem with the current active denial system is that they are a point type of weapon. Targets of groups of 4 or less or a single target such as the leader of the group. I don’t know if they are working on an area size weapon. I would imagine using the area weapon would target innocents
Considering the assets on the base, they’ll shift a satellite over to view the area the moment they believe that there is a threat.

Coordination with law enforcement $$$, the military has sooo much time to plan for this, including daily security meetings with reports due to the upper echelon daily that they have this contained before it got hot.