Maryland “Freak State” PING!
because Maryland is suspicious and needs to be watched unlike communist Cuba
Why do I suspect that this is a deployment and not a test? The Russians announced they were building cruise missiles again and here we roll out a defense against cruise missiles that’s conveniently located where it can protect Washington DC.
Pure coincidence, I’m sure.
They finally found a job for Barbara A. Mikulski ?.........................
I saw this in Olney last year, TSR. Whenever I read the government state, “to begin”.. I think it has been doing so for a while. IMHO.
Three years is a long time to stay in the air...
Fire up the blimp-mounted facial recognition software.
The Emperor will be most pleased.
Wow. Obama mocked Romney for talking about supposedly outdated military hardware, and now we are trumpeting blimps?
I live a mile or two from the main gate of Aberdeen Proving Ground. I expect that I’ll see the blimp often. Course, we see lots if weird stuff and hear lots of loud booms.
I know many people who work in research there. None of them bear the demonic personalities the conspiracy nuts claim. Mainly patriots serving their country. Some are brilliant engineers, mathematicians and scientists who could make plenty in the private sector.
Those people in DC are so important we need blimps over the city to deter a Cruise missile attack?
We can lower the cost by attaching the word “Goodyear” on it.
Muslims terrorists have so many boots on the ground in America that such a big target is easy to knock down pre-aircraft strike. I guess govt blimp dreamers never heard of the term “coordinated attack”.
duuuuh such a stupid assinine blimp idea.
They’ve been in Full Operation over Fort Huachuca, Arizona since 1984.
Good way to get the airspace under them closed (10,000 foot long tether).
I’m sure they’re just helping the State Gubbermint to assess the Rain Tax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Sensor_is_Structure
This is where I believe the DoD budget process just continually screws the American taxpayer.
Here we have a very similar project, theoretically much more capable than this one and yet, lots of $$$ spent on competing projects...