aerostat
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For instance, at observation stations for remote monitoring devices, like aerostat blimps, troops have to be stationed alongside agents, rather than replacing them, he said, because "they don't know the landmarks."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2018
One report said: “Adding a smaller agent-deployed aerostat to the Border Patrol technology toolbox represents an inexpensive solution to provide persistent surveillance and communications.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
Known as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, the blimp is technically an aerostat -- a term for a lighter-than-air craft that is tethered to the ground.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2015
A frequent source of displeasure was the millions spent until recently on an aerostat balloon and a plane to try to transmit TV signals to Cuba.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2015
This car, which renders the management of the balloon easy, had not then been invented; a circular gallery surrounded the lower part of the aerostat.
From A Voyage in a Balloon (1852) by Verne, Jules
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