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Prototype High Altitude Airship Proceeding

June 22, 2005 :: Inside Defense :: News

The Pentagon has decided to build and demonstrate a prototype of its High Altitude Airship (HAA), reports Defense Daily. As envisioned, the HAA is a 500-foot-long, unmanned, radar-carrying surveillance blimp designed to detect and track incoming ballistic missiles as they approach U.S. coastal regions. The blimp would hover above the jet stream at an altitude of 20 km for months at a time. In particular, it would have the ability to detect low-flying missiles that could slip underneath ground-based radars. A flight test of the prototype HAA is proposed for FY 2008.

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