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2013-08-10 Home Front: WoT
Blimps for D.C. Really.
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Posted by Steve White 2013-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#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||   2013-08-10 00:32|| Front Page Top

#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 serfs proles potential trouble makers terrorists.

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 the good people surplus government workers out of a job.

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||   2013-08-10 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Fine.

I'll post it:

Posted by badanov 2013-08-10 01:32|| http://www.chriscovert.net  2013-08-10 01:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Somehow that song is apropos this entire damn political administration.
Posted by badanov 2013-08-10 01:33|| http://www.chriscovert.net  2013-08-10 01:33|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 02:41|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 02:46|| Front Page Top

#7 With his appointees on the LRB, these will be Union balloons too.
Posted by Skidmark 2013-08-10 07:47||   2013-08-10 07:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Good one, B.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2013-08-10 08:38||   2013-08-10 08:38|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 09:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Blimps moored on the Washington Monument ?
Posted by 3dc 2013-08-10 11:47||   2013-08-10 11:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Blimps for D.C.

The Christie 2016 slogan?
Posted by Procopius2k 2013-08-10 12:09||   2013-08-10 12:09|| Front Page Top

#12 more
Posted by newc 2013-08-10 12:45||   2013-08-10 12:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Well, that went to the wrong place. my bad
Posted by newc 2013-08-10 12:46||   2013-08-10 12:46|| Front Page Top

#14 Blimps moored on the Washington Monument ?

Close alongside.
Posted by Pappy 2013-08-10 12:48||   2013-08-10 12:48|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 14:00|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 17:44|| Front Page Top

#17 Well, that neatly explains the recent outbreak of concern trolling about the Strategic Helium Reserve...
Posted by mojo 2013-08-10 19:38||   2013-08-10 19:38|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 20:26|| Front Page Top

#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||   2013-08-10 21:48|| Front Page Top

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