Electronic Weapons: Poland Seeks TARS for Borders

June 7, 2023: Poland has requested four TARS (Tethered Aerostat Radar System) systems from United States. TARS is a tech pioneered by and heavily used by American forces since September 11, 2001. Israel and the U.S. are major developers of and suppliers of such systems. Systems like TARS have been around for decades but have become more useful since the 1990s as radar and other sensors became smaller, lighter, more capable and reliable. Poland wants a TARS using a very powerful radar and electronic countermeasures system. The Polish TARS has a radar with a range of about 400 kilometers and the aerostat carrying the radar aloft can carry abou…