Army sent balloon swarms to Middle East to support CENTCOM operations

Will they be flying/loitering/hovering soon over the heads of Houthi terrorists in Yemen or the Ayatollahs in Iran? 😊

"... The Army has tested out high-altitude balloons multiple times in the last few decades, and the service has revived the push to deploy them in recent years for added battlefield sensing and communications. Testing has typically included one or two balloons at a time, but the Army was looking to experiment with over a hundred high-altitude balloons in the skies over waters in the Indo-Pacific in 2026. While that didn’t come to fruition, smaller balloon swarms were used in CENTCOM. ..."

Army sent balloon swarms to Middle East to support CENTCOM operations - Breaking Defense "The Army gleaned a trio of observations about how those balloons operated, but it is not yet clear what path the service will pursue when it comes to stratospheric sensing capabilities ..."

A high-altitude balloon made by Raven Aerostar (Source)