Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nuclear weapon, carried by balloon, detonates as part of Operation Plumbob in 1957. Imagine if you will, a low-cost, small ...

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Balloons are difficult to detect on radar and can operate above electronic warfare zones that disable other aircraft. They can also carry weapons — including attack drones — over long distances to ...

Sources said Ukraine began using balloons shortly after the Russian invasion to drop bombs or grenades and wear down Russian defenses by carrying cargo that looked like warplanes on radar. In 2024, ...

Fort Bliss sits on the edge of El Paso. While it’s a large post, and it has a very isolated desert training area, it borders a large city with hospitals, businesses, highways, civilian neighborhoods, ...