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barrage balloon
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bar·rage balloon  (b-räzh)
n.
A balloon anchored singly or in a series over a military objective to support nets that hinder the passage of enemy aircraft.
barrage balloon
n
(Military) one of a number of tethered balloons with cables or net suspended from them, used to deter low-flying air attack
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Noun1.barrage balloon - an elongated tethered balloon or blimp with cables or net suspended from it to deter enemy planes that are flying low
airship, dirigible - a steerable self-propelled aircraft
kite balloon - a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind
Translations
barrage balloon
n → Sperrballon m
barrage balloon n → pallone m di sbarramento
barrage balloon n → pallone m di sbarramento


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The commission's conclusions, which were presented to the party Central Committee and the USSR Government in May 1948, proposed that antiaircraft artillery and barrage balloons be deployed in all military districts; that fighter aviation, aircraft observation, warning, and communications (VNOS) assets and antiaircraft searchlights be incorporated into the Air Force; and that the Soviet Army PVO commander be placed in charge of the country's air defense.
Marshal L.A. Govorov, the country's first commander in chief of Air ... by Volkov, A.D. / Military Thought
Often parks would have one or more barrage balloons sited on them.
PARKS AT WAR: LONDON, 1939-1945 by JEWELL, DAVID / Parks & Recreation
Based on an actual World War II episode, this historical novel, told in a colorful first-person narration, gets all the details right -- from the barrage balloons overhead like "moonlit elephants browsing" to the local "scouse" dialect ("Shurrup or I'll flatten your phizog for ye").
Wish Me Luck by Sieruta, Peter D. / The Horn Book Magazine
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