U.S. Pushing To Maintain Asymmetric Advantage In Military Space
On Sept. 24, 1861, Thaddeus Lowe rose to more than 1,000 ft. in a balloon near Arlington, Va. The intelligence he gathered on Confederate troops 3 mi. away was used to aim and fire Union guns accurately without actually being able to see the troops directly--a first in the history of warfare. Just...
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