I read a lot of books about the US involvement in the middle east, specifically Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. These persistent, balloon based "eyes on the sk

I read a lot of books about the US involvement in the middle east, specifically Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. These persistent, balloon based "eyes on the sky" are/were a huge difference maker in the security in Iraq, and were then transferred to Afghanistan to provide US military base security. I don't have a link handy (I'll try to find), but I remember as attention was re-focused on Afghanistan (after Iraq) those in charge were eager to bring this successful tech to the battlefield as it offered them a 360 degree, real time tracking ability for immediate base security. Edit: I found a link, not my source but it gives some background: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/world/asia/in-afghanistan-spy-balloons-now-part-of-landscape.html https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/world/asia/in-afghanistan...