| Two blimps, 2.7 billion dollars, to make sure no one sneaks up on us and blows D.C. to hell. |
| And yes - we know the Hindenburg was a dirigible, not a blimp and carried hydrogen, not helium. Just consider it an analogy for your tax dollars. |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #19 What lurks upstairs alone or in pairs And watches the little shrimps? What's pumped full of gas and checks out your ass? It's Blimps, Blimps, Blimps! It's Blimps, Blimps, it's big, it's spendy, it's good. It's Blimps, Blimps, it spies on your neighborhood! etc. Do not taunt Magic Fun Blimp. Not a flying toy. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2013-08-10 21:48 |
| #18 Please also consider these can be instantly available cell jammers with repeaters. With NO permissive intervention all civilian cell traffic can be stopped but C2 frequencies can still be served. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-10 20:26 |
| #17 Well, that neatly explains the recent outbreak of concern trolling about the Strategic Helium Reserve... |
| Posted by: mojo 2013-08-10 19:38 |
| #16 They are more worried about random tea party types showing up and doing, "something". This will do nothing to defeat a terrorist attack. The detect an attack after the mortar is fired, and rarely helped to defeat anything prior to the event. It will do very little to protect against an external threat. But for a march on DC or riot, it would be great... Looks like Zero is getting worried he just might be expected to move out someday. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-08-10 17:44 |
| #15 I thought Al Qaeda was on the run and we didn't have any real enemies? |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-08-10 14:00 |
| #14 Blimps moored on the Washington Monument ? Close alongside. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-08-10 12:48 |
| #13 Well, that went to the wrong place. my bad |
| Posted by: newc 2013-08-10 12:46 |
| #12 more |
| Posted by: newc 2013-08-10 12:45 |
| #11 Blimps for D.C. The Christie 2016 slogan? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-10 12:09 |
| #10 Blimps moored on the Washington Monument ? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-08-10 11:47 |
| #9 Well if it's Washington of course it would be Union balloons, Teamsters I'd guess. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-08-10 09:02 |
| #8 Good one, B. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-08-10 08:38 |
| #7 With his appointees on the LRB, these will be Union balloons too. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-10 07:47 |
| #6 Ist 2 billion what used to buy a B2 or a carrier? Now it only buys 2 blimps and groud station? |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-08-10 02:46 |
| #5 Union balloons were employed around Washington DC and Manassas in 1861. Perhaps it's for a similar reason. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-08-10 02:41 |
| #4 Somehow that song is apropos this entire damn political administration. |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-08-10 01:33 |
| #3 Fine. I'll post it: |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-08-10 01:32 |
| #2 #define Tinfoil_Hat *Snort* Cruise missiles. Yeah. Sure champ. Then why do they have video cameras & turreted FLIRs? These were the same systems we used in Iraq & the Stan to keep an eye on the areas around our FOBs. Still did not manage to stop the random rocket attacks. Coupled with the latest and greatest in pattern matching analysis software, I predict the intent is to "keep an eye on" the They are more worried about random tea party types showing up and doing, "something". Like voting real conservatives in in the republican primaries, or visiting their congressman and reminding him/her that they need to trim back the budget and potentially put Also-- this looks like someone had to burn up some program dollars, so why not? #undef Tinfoil_Hat |
| Posted by: Nguard 2013-08-10 00:53 |
| #1 IMO iff the US is serious about establishing GMD-TMD in East Asia including Guam-WESTPAC, then it should dev + forward deploy ABM-BMD armed NT Blimps to same. Can "defensively" intercept Enemy BMS at mid-phase, or "offensively" blow 'em up right on the enemy's launchpad(s) = origin. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-08-10 00:32 |