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A barrage balloon is a tethered blaloon attached to the ground with a metal cable, intended to deter low-flying enemy aircraft.
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A barrage balloon is a large helium-filled balloon that is tethered to the ground with steel cables. It is used as a defensive measure to deter low-flying aircraft from attacking ground targets. The cables are intended to damage or destroy the aircraft if they come into contact with them.
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What did lee barrage invented?
typewriter
What causes the pressure in a balloon?
The elastic property of the balloon. The balloon stretches when inflated, and squeezes the gas filling the balloon.
Why doesn't an inflated balloon shrink when heated?
Because as the balloon is heated, the gases on the inside of the balloon begin to expand and press out on the walls of balloon. If a balloon is refridgerated, the opposite is true: the gases on the inside of the balloon will begin to contract, causing the balloon to shrink.
If you place a balloon filled with air into the refriferator the balloon will get smaller.The balloon undergoes what?
The air particles in the balloon compress due to the cold atmosphere in the refrigerator which causes the balloon to be smaller.
Can you steer a balloon or a dirigible?
A balloon
What colour is a barrage balloon?
it is blue with green spots
What U.S. companies built barrage balloons in World War 2?
the barrage balloon company.went bust in 1946
What was the barrage kite used for?
The barrage balloon was used in WW2 in an attempt - not very successful - to protect parts of Britain from enemy bombers.
Why was the barrage balloon so big?
its cables kept attack planes from flying in low to make accurate attacks.
What is something they had in World War 2 and is two words starting with B and B?
Buzz bomb or barrage balloon.
How many barrage in Pakistan?
1- Chashma Barrage 2- Taunsa Barrage 3- Jinnah Barrage 4- Kotri Barrage 5- Panjnad Barrage 6- Marala Barrage 7- Trimmu Barrage 8- Qadirabad Barrage 9- Sukkur Barrage 10- Khanki Barrage 11- Islam Barrage 12- Sidhnai Barrage 13- Sulmenaki Barrage 14- Balloki Barrage 15- Rasul Barrage 16- Guddu Barrage 17-Indus Basin Project 18-Rawal Lake
What are the dams or barrages built on the indus river?
dams built on river indus are: kalabagh barrage taunsa barrage guddu barrage sukkur barrage kotri barrage jinnah barrage chashma barrage
Write names of barrages in Pakistan?
There are seven major Barrages of Pakistan: 1. Tounsa Barrage 2. Jinnah Barrage 3. Chashma Barrage 4. Guddu Barrage 5. Sukkur Barrage 6. Kotri barrage 7. Rasool Barrage
Which is the largest Barrage of Pakistan by cultivation of area?
sukkur barrage or llyod barrage
Can you use barrage in a sentences?
there was a barrage of clothes at the door.
Is the tees barrage in middlesbrough?
the tees barrage is in stockton
Difference between a dam and a barrage?
what is barrage and headworks
