Like Google’s Project Loon, but for missiles: Ukraine is weaponizing stratospheric balloons to boost strike range
Ukraine's DART leverages stratospheric balloons with a missile that goes deliberately deaf mid-fall, making Russian jammers ineffective.
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Ukraine develops DART missile dropped from stratospheric balloons to bypass Russian air defenses
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