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An Investigation of the Applicability of High Altitude, Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) Vehicles to the Tactical Communications Relay Problem

Carten, 1974

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It is never easy to assess the status of an on-going development program where changes are the order of the day. This report has attempted to stop the action for a brief instant and to portray the Lighter-than-Air (LTA) communications relay platform scene as of July 1974 …
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