reply to post by Dbriefed
This is most likely a fear of a return to simple area defense by balloon. My paternal great grandfather was in the U.S. Army Balloon Corps in WW-I.
The use of barrage balloons suspending anti aircraft steel nets and cables was used through WW-II against tactical air support aircraft.
A return to modern, lower weight, high tech anti aircraft balloon barrages could result in huge areas, 10's of thousands of feet high, being shielded
by high strength fiber based nets.
These nets would be as stealthy as the stealth aircraft, and just as hard to detect. Any penetrating aircraft would have its flight terminated early,
stealth or otherwise.