US Army plans mass high-altitude balloons for comms, EW, and drone/weapon launch

The post describes a planned concept to disperse 200–300+ stratospheric balloons as an attritable layer for resilient communications (including Link 16), sensing, electronic attack, decoys, and as launch platforms for air-launched effects (drones/loitering munitions) deep into enemy territory. The novelty is the scale and multi-mission use of high-altitude balloons as a battlefield network and strike enabler intended to mitigate satellite degradation in a future European conflict.