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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-16T07:49:25.000Z",
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    "Starlink Rival? India Clears AS-HAPS Airship, Russia Tests Barrage-1: Is Stratospheric Race Heating Up?",
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  "textContent": "Days after India’s DAC accorded AoN (Acceptance of Necessity) to IAF (Indian Air Force) requirement for an Airship-based High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (AS-HAPS), Russia flight-tested a conceptually similar system. India’s AS-HAPS and the Russian system, named Barrage-1, are both based on lighter-than-air platforms that operate in the stratosphere. However, while the AS-HAPS is being developed […]\n\nThe post Starlink Rival? India Clears AS-HAPS Airship, Russia Tests Barrage-1: Is Stratospheric Race Heating Up? appeared first on EURASIAN TIMES.",
  "title": "Starlink Rival? India Clears AS-HAPS Airship, Russia Tests Barrage-1: Is Stratospheric Race Heating Up?"
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