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Army eyes affordable surveillance with Baltic balloon test

By 

John Vandiver

Stars and Stripes • May 8, 2026

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Multi-Domain Command-Europe soldiers work with vendors to launch Micro High Altitude Balloons (HABs) during Arcane Thunder 26 at the National Training Center, Calif., April, 21, 2026. (Victoria Connell/ U.S. Army)

The U.S. Army this month will send a high-altitude balloon over the Baltic region in a test of what military planners see as a relatively affordable way to expand surveillance capabilities on NATO’s eastern flank.

U.S. soldiers with Wiesbaden, Germany-based Multi-Domain Command-Europe will launch a micro high-altitude balloon from Sweden, with the mission concluding in Latvia following roughly 30 hours of flight, the command said in a statement Friday.