A barrage balloon is a large balloon tethered with metal cables, used to defend against low-level attack by aircraft by damaging the aircraft on collision with the cables, or at ...
To prevent low fights and pinpoint bombing by the Luftwaffe, the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) put up huge barrage balloons. Each balloon was moored to a wagon by a cable.
DISTRIBUTION A: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Published Airpower Journal - Summer 1989. BARRAGE BALLOONS FOR LOW-LEVEL AIR DEFENSE
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