Old balloons, new drones: U.S. Army tests both in Japan
The U.S. Army has tested both aerostat balloons and drones in Japan for surveillance and communications relay. The trials assess persistent ISR options in a contested Pacific environment. Combining legacy and new platforms broadens sensing coverage. The experiments support distributed operations concepts.
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