How head of Army’s space command became a ‘huge believer’ on high-altitude surveillance balloons
The head of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is a “huge believer” in the service’s exploration and development of high-altitude surveillance balloons despite his initial skepticism. The idea of intelligence, surveillance, and re
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The head of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command is a “huge believer” in the service’s exploration and development of high-altitude surveillance balloons despite his initial skepticism. The idea of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance high-altitude balloons “sounded crazy to me,” Lt.
Gen. John Rafferty, commanding general of Space and Missile Defense Command, told reporters […]
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