aerostat
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She said pairs of agents use aerostat blimps to monitor the border remotely, and when troops have replaced one agent, it frees another to patrol.
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
Biden also solidified a U.S. offer of border-monitoring assistance, including aerostat balloon-mounted cameras and tunnel-detection equipment, along with increased intelligence sharing to give the Turks more visibility on the border.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2016
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
Divining the real cause of that dread, he took the easiest method of allaying it, speaking briskly as he moved across to the aerostat.
From The Lost City by Jos. E. (Joseph Edward) Badger
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