Radar-Carrying Anti-Cruise-Missile Aerostats Prepare For Tests

Credit: U.S. Army
The first radar-equipped balloon designed to help counter cruise missiles is being prepared for flight tests at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. The first of two tethered aerostats for the U.S. Army’s Raytheon-developed Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (Jlens) system has...

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