• The US Army plans a high-altitude balloon swarm experiment in the Indo-Pacific region.
• The experiment will use multiple balloons and NORAD's ground-based radars to track them.
• The Army is using the swarm as a dispersed, attritable intel-gathering tool.
• The experiment is part of the Swarming Worldwide Autonomous Reconnaissance in the Multi-domain System (SWARMS) program.

This development may indicate the Army's interest in exploring new technologies for surveillance and reconnaissance. The use of NORAD's ground-based radars suggests a potential partnership between the two organizations. The Army's focus on creating mass disruption in the stratosphere may suggest a desire to test the effectiveness of such a strategy in a real-world scenario.