Hardened Aircraft Shelters (HAS)

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HAS's are a passive defence measure, i.e., they limit the effect of an attack, as opposed to active defences (e.g., surface-to-air missiles) which aim to prevent or at least degrade enemy attacks. The widespread adoption of Hardened Aircraft Shelters can be traced back to lessons learned in the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War when the Israeli Air Force decimated the unprotected Egyptian Air Force, at the time the largest and most advanced air force in the Arab world, at its airbases.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardened_Aircraft_Shelter
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Coordinates:   53°5'26"N   -0°9'38"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago