PENTAGON TESTS “MASS SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS” FOR USE NEAR US BORDERS

The Pentagon is testing large, unmanned blimps in order to “provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats ” on US soil, according to a recent “experimental temporary authorization” published by the FCC. The solar-powered balloons are similar to a prototype craft that crashed in Pennsylvania in 2015, after escaping the AberdeenContinue reading “PENTAGON TESTS “MASS SURVEILLANCE BALLOONS” FOR USE NEAR US BORDERS”