On Friday, the North American Aerospace Defence Command will launch a giant drone-hunting blimp over Maryland’s Aberdeen Proving Grounds just east of Washington D.C., according to the U.S. publication Defense One.
“The system includes a 242-foot balloon (technically called an aerostat because it’s connected to the ground) that can stay up for a month at a time and a radar to detect — among other potential threats— drones,” the Defense One article noted.
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