STRIPES (Aaron Wiener, Mary Ilyushina, Ellen Francis) - Belarusian balloons full of cigarettes pose NATO’s latest security threat | Stars and Stripes
AI:Belarusian balloons filled with cigarettes have emerged as a new security concern for NATO, marking the latest development in ongoing hybrid warfare tactics used to destabilize European borders. This unusual tactic involving drifting objects poses logistical and surveillance challenges for military forces monitoring the region, following a pattern of unconventional provocations aimed at testing Western defenses.Open