Analyst: U.S ‘Heavily Researching’ Or Has Launched Balloons From Asia

U.S. Army Pacific balloon launch

A Thunderhead High-Altitude Balloon System, launched by U.S. Army Pacific soldiers, takes flight April 1, 2022.

Credit: U.S. Army
SINGAPORE—With the U.S. Defense Department having spent $3.8 million on high-altitude balloons (HAB) in 2021-22, intelligence and risk consultancy Osprey Flight Services believes the U.S. is researching or has deployed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) HAB from Asia-Pacific sites...

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