Originally Posted by
Asturias56
It's a balloon - and there are many reasons why they aren't front line military weapons since 1918.
Not so.
In WW II my father was on the front line with his barrage balloon ......... Coventry in the Blitz, Suez Canal attached to ships in canal transit, and attached to a warship for D Day. Very front line, very shot at.
Barrage Balloons were Fighter Command.