Pentagon xyaum tua cov neeg soj xyuas Balloons hauv Alaska Wargame Ob xyoos dhau los

Tsoomfwv Meskas cov tub rog zoo li tau cia siab tias yuav muaj kev hem thawj los ntawm Suav balloons thiab tau siv los tiv thaiv lawv tsawg kawg yog ob xyoos, raws li Pentagon cov ntaub ntawv nyiaj txiag piav qhia txog cov kev pab cuam hu ua TRIPPWIRE. Cov no kuj qhia tau tias es tsis yog muaj 'balloon qhov sib txawv'li cov Wall Street Journal nyuam qhuav tawm tswv yim, Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog yuav ua tau zoo ua ntej hauv cov thev naus laus zis no - txawm hais tias nws cov balloons tau siv ntau yam txawv ntawm Suav.

TRIPPWIRE yog cov lus sau los ntawm "Tactical Responsive Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Platforms and Payloads Watching Isolated Remote Environments." Nws yog ib qho kev siv zog ntau xyoo uas siv stratospheric balloons raws li qhov ntev-ntev, ntev-kev soj ntsuam platforms.

Cov ntsiab lus tsis txaus ntseeg tau muab rau hauv cov lus piav qhia hauv qhov program Kev tshawb fawb thiab kev loj hlob pob nyiaj siv ntawm lub Office of the Secretary of Defense, ib lub koom haum uas tswj xyuas cov haujlwm uas Tub Rog, Navy, Air Force thiab Space Force ua haujlwm ua ke. TRIPPWIRE tau piav qhia tias yog "DoD pib ua haujlwm rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm stratosphere los ntawm kev nthuav tawm ntau ntxiv ntawm qhov siab-siab ISR thiab kev sib txuas lus."

Phase "ua haujlwm ntawm stratosphere” yog ib tug mantra rau qhov kev pab cuam no: qhov saib yog hais tias thwmsim thiab prototypes twb qhia tus nqi ntawm steerable stratospheric balloons muaj peev xwm taug kev mus rau qhov chaw thiab nyob twj ywm, tam sim no yog lub sijhawm rau cov kev pabcuam siv lawv hauv kev ua haujlwm.

Cov phiaj xwm qhia tau tias TRIPPWIRE tau muab tso rau hauv "kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ntau qhov kev ua yeeb yam, xws li Northern Edge 21, Talisman Sabre, lossis Pacific Europe / Pacific Defender" los qhia "kev siv hluav taws xob hauv kev ua haujlwm cuam tshuam nrog kev koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua ncaj qha thiab tawm tswv yim." Hauv lwm lo lus, tau txais cov tub rog los siv cov tshuab hauv kev ua tsov rog tiag tiag.

TRIPPWIRE lub ntsiab tseem ceeb yog nyob rau hauv kev siv high-altitude balloons raws li sensor platforms thiab kev sib txuas lus relays, muab zoo xws li lub peev xwm rau satellites tab sis rau ib tug ntev lub sij hawm thiab los ntawm ntau yam nyob ze. Tsis tas li ntawd, cov ntaub ntawv sau tseg tias "Kev sim Counter-Stratospheric Operations yuav ua nyob rau hauv TRIPPWIRE" - nyob rau hauv lwm yam lus, tshem tawm balloons ua los ntawm cov tawm tsam rog. Hauv kev ua tsov ua rog, qhov no feem ntau yuav koom nrog kev tua simulated, tab sis yuav tau sim US lub peev xwm los ntes, taug qab, cuam tshuam thiab nkag mus rau hauv qhov chaw tua nrog missile virtual tawm tsam lub hom phiaj tiag tiag.

Media tso tawm los ntawm Northern Edge 21, kev ua tsov rog loj heev uas suav nrog Cov Tub Rog Tub Rog, Tub Rog, Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab Tub Rog Tub Rog thiab tau tuav hauv Alaska thaum lub Tsib Hlis 2021, qhia tias cov npas stratospheric tau koom nrog. Cov duab tau sau nrog cov ntaub ntawv me me: "Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv av npaj thiab tso lub zais pa saib" yog ib qho piv txwv.

Video ntawm Northern Edge 21 qhia tau hais tias lub zais pa strikingly zoo ib yam li Suav ib tug tua tawm ntawm South Carolina, nrog ib lub hnab ntawv spherical thiab ib tug array ntawm lub hnub ci vaj huam sib luag.

Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau tsis lees paub tias nws ya cov neeg soj xyuas balloons hla Tuam Tshoj, thiab txawm hais tias tej zaum yuav muaj qhov kev pab cuam zais zais zais, cov tub rog txoj haujlwm tau qhia rau kev siv tactical. Raws li cov Cov ntaub ntawv nyiaj txiag FY23 ntawm OSD's Stratospheric Balloon program: "Kev ua qauv qhia tsom mus rau kev soj ntsuam seb Lub Koom Haum Koom Tes tuaj yeem ua haujlwm li cas ... kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub stratosphere los ua kom zoo dua cov hluav taws kub hnyiab thiab ntev-ntev tua cov chains los tiv thaiv lub hom phiaj ntawm lub sijhawm."

Nyob rau hauv lwm yam lus, siv balloons pom tej yam xws li tsiv tsheb los yog, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog, mobile ballistic missile launchers. 'SCUD yos hav zoov' Thaum lub sij hawm Desert Storm tau ua pov thawj tias tsis muaj dab tsi ntau, raws li Iraq lub xov tooj ntawm tes SCUD launchers tuaj yeem ua tau. nkaum hauv qab choj thiab hauv tsev, tua cov cuaj luaj thiab tawm ntawm thaj chaw ua ntej lawv tuaj yeem raug tsom. Kev soj ntsuam balloons teamed nrog tshiab hypersonic missiles tej zaum yuav nrhiav tau thiab tawm tsam xws li mobile units ua ntej lawv tuaj yeem tua tau.

Cov ntaub ntawv tseem hais txog ib qho khoom siv tshwj xeeb, lub zais pa stratospheric hu ua COLD STAR, rau Covert Long Dwell Stratospheric Architecture, "nruab nrab nrog kev tswj hwm tus kheej, siab ncaj ncees sensors, thiab ntawm lub rooj tsavxwm algorithms los pab txhawb kev ua haujlwm, sau, ua, kev siv, thiab kev tshaj tawm." Qhov no tau ua tawm tsam kev ua haujlwm txij li xyoo 2020. Lo lus 'Covert' qhia tias COLD STAR tej zaum yuav muaj qee qhov zais zais ua rau nws nyuaj rau pom.

Cov duab tso tawm Thaum lub sij hawm Thunder Cloud nyob-hluav taws ce nyob rau hauv Andoya, Norway, nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj 2021 qhia qhov kev tso tawm ntawm ib tug unspecified Raven Aerostar stratospheric balloon; Raws li cov lus piav qhia, qhov no tau siv los muab cov phiaj xwm sib koom ua ke rau kev tua hluav taws ntev ntev. Lub tuam txhab no tau muab stratospheric balloons rau NASA thiab ntau qhov kev pab cuam tub rog.

Muaj cov ntaub ntawv me me - "Cov ntsiab lus ntawm qhov project no raug cais tawm," raws li kev piav qhia ntawm Stratospheric Balloon program. Tab sis muaj txaus los qhia tias Pentagon tau nquag nrhiav cov thev naus laus zis no rau, twb tau ya cov khoom siv, thiab muaj lub tswv yim zoo nkauj txog yuav ua li cas coj nws los.

Qhov no qhia tau hais tias qhov kev tua tsis ntev los no tau raug xam ntau dua li cov lus ceeb toom tsis ua pa thaum ntxov tau qhia. Tab sis nws yog ib tug zoo thawj koom ruam uas 'counter-stratospheric muaj peev xwm,' ib zaug ib tug heev niche txaus siab, yog tam sim no txaus siab rau ib tug ntau ntawm cov xim dua yav tas los.