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A-NSE's surveillance balloons spreading from Sahel to Ivory Coast

An observation aerostat type T-C350L from A-NSE. © A-NSE

Faced with an increasing number of militia groups, Ivory Coast has just ordered tethered surveillance balloons for its border with Burkina Faso from French company A-NSE. The Bundeswehr also just ordered balloons from A-NSE to protect its new military base in Tillia, Niger. [...] (347 words)

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