The high-altitude inflatables would be added to the Pentagon’s extensive surveillance network and could eventually be used to track hypersonic weapons.
The Pentagon is working on a new plan to rise above competition from China and Russia: balloons.
The Pentagon continues to invest in these projects because the military could use the balloons for various missions. China surprised the Pentagon in August by testing a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile, which narrowly missed its target by roughly two dozen miles. Another initiative aims to tie all the technology together. The Pentagon is conducting demonstrations to evaluate how to incorporate high-altitude balloons and commercial satellites in an attack, known as the “kill chain.”
Wind currents allow the balloon to float along a desired flight path, and the company takes advantage of different wind speeds and directions to move the balloon to the target area.
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