Aerostats, UAVs may have air defense role in U.S., expert says
The U.S. may want to consider using aerostats and unmanned aerial vehicles for continental air defenses to relieve some of the strain on the American and NATO airborne warning and control system (AWACS) planes that have been patrolling U.S. skies since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to...
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