aerostat
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But they can aid Border Patrol surveillance, running technology like aerostat blimps, helicopters and observation towers, freeing up agents to detain more immigrants, Abbott said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 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
“We can assume that an aerostat like this will eventually come back to Earth,” he said.
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
"There isn't as much of that aerostat left as would make a pocket-handkerchief or a walking-stick."
From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith
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