The post highlights a reported tactic of deploying drones by releasing them from aerostats/meteorological balloons, framing it as a practical battlefield threat. If implemented, balloon launch could extend reach, reduce launch-site risk, and complicate air-defense and counter-UAV detection by shifting the launch point aloft.
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launch-methodside: ukrainefirst seen 2024-01-01
Claimed Ukrainian use of weather balloons to release drones
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- TG: Rybar (RU milblog) · https://t.me/rybar/81203📝Главное от Рыбаря📝 дайджест материалов за 19 июня Сброс дронов с аэростатов — не такая уж и фантастика, а вполне осязаемая угроза (https