Balloon radar may have more roles, Homeland Security says

The Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS), which has been "critical" to efforts to intercept drug traffickers along the U.S.-Mexico border, could have other applications in protecting the United States, according to a unit of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). "The system could be modified...

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