Tethered Aerostat - Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AE)

Military - Aerostat
By: adrbr

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Comments

kjfitz

@ 2008-07-18 16:42:09

great find!

Actually it is a Tethered Aerostat. Like a blimp but unmanned and tethered to the ground. You can see the base of the tether just to the west of the balloon.

We have a whole category of these:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/category/buildings/military-aerostat/

kjfitz

@ 2008-07-18 17:11:03

Does anyone else think that runway near the tether to the west looks a bit small. Like maybe a UAV runway?

adrbr

@ 2008-07-18 18:13:25

Yes. it is really a Tethered Aerostat.

jbottero

@ 2008-07-19 12:23:37

It could accommodate props.