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US Navy testing LASH on airships.(Littoral Airborne Sensor-Hyperspectral)

The US Navy's plan to test its Littoral Airborne Sensor-Hyperspectral (LASH) this fall aboard a P-3C and an H-60 aircraft in the Sea of Japan has North Korea growling even as US scientists see ever greater promise for the system of locating and identifying hidden targets. The LASH is being tested for its ability to locate both targets submerged in shallow waters and land targets hidden by camouflage. In the test scheduled for the fall, the Navy will seek to detect Japanese subs on patrol in the Sea of Japan.

The LASH is the product of the Government Systems Division of STI Industries, Inc. (Honolulu, HI), and unlike acoustic-detection systems, it relies upon reflected ...

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