Con vistas a la campaña de verano en Afganistán, el Pentágno está pensando en aumentar drasticamente el uso de globos aeroestáticos, para portar sensores para vigilancia de áreas clave.
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In the lead-up to the summer fighting season in Afghanistan, the Defense Department is planning to dramatically increase the number of aerostats to be used as persistent sensors over key operating areas.
The military has been using elevated, line-of-sight cameras as part of its intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance counterinsurgency tactics, but these sensors provide only a brief, 'bird's eye' of the scene. Aerostat-borne cameras augment the UAV with persistent capability
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