The Pentagon’s efforts to operationalize the stratosphere begin with the classified program COLD STAR (COvert Long Dwell STratospheric ARchitecture), a spy balloon that can lurk undetected in enemy airspace. COLD STAR’s balloon has autonomous navigation, high fidelity sensors, and on-board AI. Bu...
The Pentagon is currently tracking a high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon flying above "sensitive sites" in the United States, though U.S. officials have decided it's too risky to shoot it down. Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said the balloon is being monitored closely by...
Suspected Chinese spy balloon found over northern U.S.âThe United States government ... is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now," said a Pentagon spokesperson. pic.twitter.com/X1hmYSBgD1— John Martin (@MartinInMontana) Feb...
TheSioux Falls, South Dakota-based companyAerostargot caught up in the spy-balloon tracking over the weekend. A suspectedChinese spy balloon was discovered in the skiesover Montana last week. By Saturday the craft had drifted to the east coast of the United States, where it wasshot down by ...
The balloons are capable of tracking multiple individuals or vehicles during the day or night. They’re also already recording, so should an event happen in an area being surveilled by the balloons, they’ll be able to essentially rewind the tape and see what occurred as well as where any ...
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The US satellite tracking network kept close watch on the capsule. Early calculations of its decay rate led to a prediction that it would impact in the Pacific, west of the coast of South America and about 10 degrees north of the South Pole—far from inhabited land. But later calculations ...
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