Balloons in T2k

[Homer]

One factoid about JLENS, PTDSS, and other US (and probably foreign) modern tethered aerostats is they are pressurized to the ambient pressure at their operating altitude. This makes them less vulnerable to battle damage (SAF, frag, etc) by minimizing loss of buoyancy. It also means their ground sites are normally collocated with a Field Artillery Met section or USAF Combat Weather.