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JLENS Inflation Aberdeen Proving Ground

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
9 years 4 months 1 week ago

YouTube Description:

Video by Maj. Beth Smith U.S. Northern Command
Time lapse inflation of a Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) aerostat at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Dec. 14, 2014. JLENS provides national command authorities with increased situational awareness and early warning detection against possible threats. (U.S. Army Video by Spc. James K. McCann / Released)

Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) January 30, 2014 norad.mil

JLENS provides elevated persistent, Over-The-Horizon surveillance and fire control quality data against stressing cruise missiles and other air breathing threats and extends engagement ranges for current air defense weapon systems. A JLENS Orbit consists of two systems: a Fire Control Radar (FCR) system and a wide-area Surveillance Radar (SuR) system. Each system is comprised of a 74-meter tethered aerostat, a mobile mooring station, a radar, data and voice communications equipment, control group and associated ground support equipment. JLENS is designed to distribute surveillance, track, and identification data contributing to the Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) via Link 16 and the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) networks.

Airplanes, drones and cruise missiles pose a significant threat to people, population centers, key infrastructure and our military. That's where JLENS, a blimp-borne radar system made by Raytheon, comes in. http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/jlens

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Just to state the obvious: given the number of attacks by drones and cruise missiles on the area between Boston and North Carolina over the last decades, I'd say this pair of blimps is welfare for Raytheon and a means to intensify surveillance on people in the area covered by them.

Spacedog79 says...

Should be pretty easy to shoot down

I thought you were going into the sarcastic for a minute there (as in; "they are obviously much safe now" lol.

This would be pretty useful up high in Afghanistan or on the Syrian border over ISIS; no fuel needs, probably surprisingly hard to shoot down with standard small arms, essentially infinite duration, the ability to have a ground tracking radar mode---Very useful indeed.

Just to state the obvious: given the number of attacks by drones and cruise missiles on the area between Boston and North Carolina over the last decades, I'd say this pair of blimps is welfare for Raytheon and a means to intensify surveillance on people in the area covered by them.

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