A
tethered military airship has detached from its mooring station in
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., military officials reported on
Wednesday.
The
unmanned blimp, known as JLENS (which
is short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted
Sensor System), is helium filled, each nearly as long as a football
field, carry powerful radars that can protect a territory roughly the
size of Texas from airborne threats.
The North
American Aerospace Defense Command is
working with interagency partners to address a safe recovery of the
aerostat, the agency said on Twitter.
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