The dirigible, or airship, may be employed as a tool to detect
potential attacks against the United States, DoD officials told
House of Representative members March 4.
"We believe the best way to protect Americans is to defeat
terrorists as far away from our homeland as we can," Air National
Guard Maj. Gen. John A. Love said in his prepared testimony before
the House Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee. Love is a senior officer with US Northern Command,
the unified command charged with defending the United States from
land, air and sea attack.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the 16th E-8C Joint
Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) aircraft to
the US Air Force, a month ahead of schedule. The company is the Air
Force's Joint STARS prime contractor.
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