BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:49:00
Sciences team at rusi, a think—tank. justin, how does the military deal with balloons? i mean, how do theyjudge whether they're a threat or not? it's a difficult one. so, in terms of dealing with them, first of all. — there's the immediate question of what altitude are they at and what speed are they drifting at, because the primary means for militaries to detect flying objects is radar. and radar works essentially by bouncing energy off objects and reading the returns. but in order to not get endless false returns if you're looking for something like aircraft or missiles, which would be t...