Singapore to deploy massive surveillance balloon


The Aerostat surveillance balloon that will be used. - Mindef Singapore

SINGAPORE: Singapore will deploy a huge tethered surveillance balloon, that can 'see' as far as Malacca, to boost its maritime and air security, its defence ministry announced.

The helium-filled "aerostat" will be equipped with radar equipment that can spot threats from as far as 200km away, the ministry said in a post on its website late Tuesday.

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