Fighter jets tracking loose Army blimp over US airspace

The Hill ^ | 10/28/2015 | Kristina Wong

[JennysCool]

An Army blimp broke loose from its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland around noon and is now being tracked by two U.S. fighter jets, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

The untethered device is part of what's known as a JLENS, or Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System. It consists of two aerostats that float 10,000 feet in the air and carry powerful radars that detect airborne threats. The system is manufactured by Raytheon.

[JennysCool]

Runaway Blimp!

[telstar12.5]

better shoot it down before it hurts someone.

[JoeProBono]

[NorthMountain]

A burst of 20mm will bring it down ... a short burst might bring it down more gently.

[ExSES]

better shoot it down before it hurts someone.

You mean BEFORE THE TECHNOLOGY FALLS INTO ENEMY HANDS!!!

[prisoner6]

I believe they said it’s trailing 16 thousand feet of line.

Watch some guy grab hold of it.

[billorites]

[JRios1968]

[billorites]

If the Canadians get there hands on this technology we’re cooked.

[toast]

It looks male.

[toast]

It looks male.

[billorites]

If there's one thing these Army guys could learn from the Navy it's how to tie a proper knot.

[AppyPappy]

Those shells have to land somewhere.

[billorites]

"It looks male."

Wait until winter.

[NorthMountain]

At some point it will be over the ocean.

[paratrooper82]

. . . . it's a bird, no, it's a plane, no, it's the US budget deficit!

The F-16 fighter is the GOPe RINO’s chasing it to make sure they vote in favor of it!

[IYAS9YAS]

Over here: Saw your post about Aberdeen having these earlier today on the Chinese Blimp thread.

Looks like one got away.

[cyclotic]

Yep. Weird coincidence huh?

[smoothsailing]

[odawg]

James Bond is an Anglo-Saxon hero, and as such, has to be tarnished and destroyed. The Constitution is an Anglo-Saxon document, and that is why Obama hates it, along with the Anglo-Saxon culture.