balloons

Space Perspective to launch balloon-borne tourist flights from 'marine spaceport' I'm dubious: a ship-launched balloon will carry passengers who paid $125,000 each up to 100,000 feet. They will subsequently splash down... and be picked up by the same ship. That had better be a *fast* ship.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-35 After months of research, Kusaba's team developed a six-metre (20 ft) prototype balloon capable of flying at 25,000 feet (7,600 m) for 30...

A few years ago a project was launched to fly stratospheric balloons over various mid-western US states to test wide area surveillance systems and balloon station keeping technologies. This project was directed at drug traffic interdiction, counter-terrorism, and military applications. Its not...

Why These Badass Balloons Are the Pentagon's New Secret Weapon New long-range U.S. weapons will be able to hit tactical targets like missile bases and air-defense radar from a thousand miles away or more, but only if they have aerial scouts to pinpoint their targets. The U.S. military has used...

Recently I was wondering if the Soviets had a reconnaissance balloon activity similar to the US projects Skyhook and Mogul. Any evidence that such projects in the USSR existed? The Soviets developed manned stratospheric balloons in the mid-1930's and continued research for spacesuits and other...

Maybe... https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/firm-offer-balloon-rides-alaska-edge-space-71531073?cid=clicksource_4380645_2_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

https://loon.com/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/02/alphabets-loon-balloons-get-their-first-commercial-trial-in-kenya/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-loon-focus/google-internet-balloon-spinoff-loon-still-looking-for-its-wings-idUSKCN1TW1GN...

Hi all, some time ago I find a very brief description of soviet balloon bombers of the '50-'60; they intended to use them in the same way the American used the GENETRIX and MELTING POT balloons for recce flights over the USSR...

I put this under 'Early Aircraft Projects' because the things were free-flying but sorry if they should be under 'Missiles'. The sheer scale of this plan makes it hard to regard as a 'secret' project but seemingly it is, or at least I'd never heard of it. Anyway, here’s something on Britain’s...

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28674654

Found a website sometime ago about a variant of the AN-2 that was designed to shoot down U.S. GENETRIX Spy balloons. It had a turbo or supercharger to fly at high altitude. A rear turret was added with a gun. Website had some great side views. Don't think it was ever built.

Not quite “Up”, but close… Potential of Aerostats For The Recovery Of Disabled Main Battle Tanks and Other Heavy Military Vehicles And Equipment http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA488608&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

What's the maximum altitude a weather balloon can fly at? KJ Lesnick