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SKYHOOK

Description:

The 'Skyhook', also known as the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, is used for extracting personnel off the ground using an aircraft. It works by having a cable attached to a person and hanging from a balloon. The aircraft then captures the cable which allows a person to be winched off the ground into the aircraft. Advances in helicopters and other extraction methods have now made this system obsolete but it is still popular in Hollywood with movies like The Dark Knight.

 

 

 

PRIMAL Assessment:

Theoretically GPS-guided air-drop technology has made this system more viable as it allows the Skyhook kit to be precisely delivered to personnel from the extracting aircraft.

 

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