[DOC] [TLE] Barrage balloon - Wikipedia [PAR] A barrage balloon, sometimes called a "blimp", is a large balloon tethered with 
metal cables, used to defend against aircraft attack by damaging the aircraft on 
collision ... Barrage balloons are not practical against very high-flying aircraft, due 
to the ... These nets could be raised to an altitude comparable to the operational... [DOC] [TLE] balloons floating above ships on d-day. - Axis History Forum [PAR] Jul 1, 2005 ... BRIEF HISTORY (excerpted from Barrage Balloons for Low-Level Air ... of lighter-
than-air gas attached to a steel cable anchored to the ground. ... Mindful of these 
capabilities, the British saw the barrage balloon as a ... flying aircraft which were 
deployed at some British airfields during the Battle of Britain. [DOC] [TLE] Barrage Balloons // World War Two [PAR] Dec 26, 2012 ... The success of the barrage balloon in the First World War paved the way for its ... 
Again, the balloons provided a partial solution in countering fast, low-flying 
German ... would force these aircraft to fly high, making them less accurate, and 
bring ... and the balloons received a thorough test during World War II. [DOC] [TLE] military aircraft | Britannica.com [PAR] Aircraft have been a fundamental part of military power since the mid-20th 
century. ... than bombers and air-superiority fighters and attack tanks, troop 
formations, ... who made the first powered, sustained, and controlled flights in an 
airplane on Dec. .... They were revived by the U.S. Navy during World War II for 
the same use. [DOC] [TLE] Barrage Balloons After Research - Matrix Games [PAR] Mar 2, 2016 ... As noted in "Barrage Balloons for Low-Level Air Defense" by Major Franklin J. ... 
Mindful of these capabilities, the British saw the barrage balloon as a ... With the 
advent of World War II, thousands of barrage balloons appeared in the ... flew "
barrage kites" for the same effect - limiting enemy aircraft attacks). [DOC] [TLE] Squadron Leader Les Munro, Dambuster pilot - obituary - Telegraph [PAR] Aug 4, 2015 ... Last surviving Dambuster pilot whose later bombing raids in France helped ... on 
the Dambusters raid, which attacked the Ruhr Dams in May 1943. ... Flying at 
very low level over the Dutch island of Vlieland, the ... Munro, with Cheshire as 
his co-pilot, was flying one of the lead aircraft, which flew a series of... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 9: The Mindoro and Luzon Operations [PAR] Jun 20, 2006 ... It was planned that the Eighth Army would conduct these mop-up campaigns ... 
Allies to assist operations in China and prevent the consolidation of the Chinese 
.... Hostile aircraft flying in from the west would thus be permitted to attack ... and 
the relatively low level of supplies on Leyte, General MacArthur... [DOC] [TLE] Torpedo Squadron Four - The North Atlantic - Air Group 4 [PAR] The North Atlantic - Torpedo Squadron Four - A Cockpit View of World War II ... It 
was essential to the Allies that these convoys deliver necessary war ... "And 
always in the background was the menace of surviving German ships, anchored 
in the ..... were designed to stop any low-flying aircraft from attacking ships in the 
Flow. [DOC] [TLE] HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Pictorial Record: The War Against ... [PAR] The Japanese threat to these islands in late summer 1942 put the Allies on the 
tactical ... American troops were rushed into Port Moresby by plane and boat, and 
a .... This raid was part of a series of air attacks on the enemy during the fight for 
..... to prevent self-destruction of the attacking low-flying bombers by the blasts of
... [DOC] [TLE] The Real Problem with Strikes on Mainland China - War on the Rocks [PAR] Aug 4, 2015 ... Special Series .... The other side insists that a U.S. president won't hesitate to 
attack ... Communist and Nationalist fighter planes tangled in the skies above the 
strait. ... To prevent this outcome, U.S. military leaders proposed low-yield ... for a 
future that could involve conflict with China should heed

Question: During WWII a barrage series of these was anchored to inhibit low-flying aircraft attacks
Answer: barrage balloons