Originally Posted by
212man
I don’t believe interception of a balloon has too many parallels to other aircraft.
Why not?
Would the attacking aircraft use a completely different sensor suite specially reserved for balloons?
Would the weapons used be special ones with completely different target acquisition and homing sensors only reserved for use against balloons?
Being able to receive and immediately uplink loads of data from both the aircraft and weapon sensors, during a live attack, has a hell of a high value.