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From: eplrx7!leipold@uunet.UU.NET (Walt Leipold)
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Subject: Barrage balloons
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Date: 14 Mar 91 03:36:00 GMT
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From: eplrx7!leipold@uunet.UU.NET (Walt Leipold)
During and after the Blitz, the British seemed to use a *lot* of barrage
balloons around 'important' targets.  However, all I've ever found out
about these things is that they existed.  How were they supposed to
work?  *Did* they  work, or were they just fashionable?  Is there a
"Janes' Barrage Balloons of the World" to which I can turn for details
on this sadly-neglected topic in the history of defensive weaponry?  Or
is it so simple that somebody can summarize via e-mail?

Thanks!

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"I was married by a judge.                                    Walt Leipold
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