Bloon Area Denial System

 is the final upgrade of Path 2 for the Dartling Gun in BTD5. It costs $17000 on Easy, $20000 on Medium, and $21600 on Hard. It enables the Dartling Gun to fire 3 hydra rockets instead of one at a time, spread out in a conical formation allowing the Dartling Gun to pop many more bloons.

Purchasing this upgrade also enables use of the Rocket Storm Ability, which when activated, shoots out a missile towards the nearest 100 bloons on screen every 2 seconds for five times.

Trivia

 * The name of the upgrade has probably has been taken from the Laser Area Defense System or Metal Storm Area Denial Weapons System. Even better M163 Vulcan Air Defense System, becauseRocket Ownage!.png it is a Gatling Gun and the VADS is a Gatling Gun, too.
 * Its name is also similar to the ADWS (Area Denial Weapon System), a Sentry gun from the SAS: Zombie Assault games, a series that was also made by Ninja Kiwi.
 * This could also be considered a reference to Russia and Kazakhstan's TOS-1 Multiple Rocket Launch System.
 * This upgrade is one of the few Path 2, Tier 4 upgrades that dramatically increases the power of the tower, in addition to adding an ability, with the other such upgrades being Artillery Battery and Technological Terror.
 * This ability covers almost the size of The Big One.
 * When combined by an x/1 Monkey Village, each shot can pop up to 246 Bloons!
 * Its abreveation spells bads.