The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

This highly advanced equipment is less likely to fall out of the sky (which a balloon will do and sooner than later) and thus provides sustained reconnaissance value over time. The benefits far ...

US Defense Department Press Secretary Patrick Ryder earlier said that US authorities had detected and were tracking a high-altitude reconnaissance balloon that was at the moment over the ...

Pictures have appeared on social media showing work in Ukraine to turn a tethered aerostat – what is more colloquially called ...

Additionally, the balloon also had “launchable gliders for additional reconnaissance missions,” which could have gathered detailed data on Americans and included a short-duration messaging ...