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Breaking: 2 fighter jets track JLENS blimp that has broken free of its tether in Maryland
FoxNews.com ^ | October 28, 2015 | Foxnews.Com

Posted on 10/28/2015 1:23:27 PM PDT by Biggirl

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To: Biggirl

Gotta redline the inflation procedure, again:

Step 1: Before inflating, secure the tether.


41 posted on 10/28/2015 4:57:41 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Men need a reason to shop. Women need a place.)
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” ... And we need 2? Is that a typical government featherbedding?”

Standard air defense practice to send a flight of two. Cuts down on unknowns, and reduces risks necessarily associated with them. Higher probability of success, if weapons have to be launched (more weapons = more likelihood the target will be hit and destroyed).

Of course, F-16 reliability is so poor that it’s always prudent to send more than one.


42 posted on 10/28/2015 6:12:47 PM PDT by schurmann
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Don’t diss my F-16.

Great versatile plane.


43 posted on 10/28/2015 6:21:26 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Step 1: Before inflating, secure the tether.

I was going to write that the US Navy (and not the US Army) should be in control of such craft. However, I painfully remember a Navy blimp that escaped its dock, carrying away dutiful US Navy crewmembers to their eventual deaths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7pon1YL8CM

44 posted on 10/30/2015 12:31:37 AM PDT by Does so (Dem's Plan�> Biden, 1 term, VP Michelle Obama for the 2nd...==8-O)
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To: Does so

I recalled that incident as well. First thing I thought of. Good sailors, RIP.

JLENS is supposed to integrate with air defense artillery, including the Patriot system, so the Army was its natural home.


45 posted on 10/30/2015 4:39:38 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Men need a reason to shop. Women need a place.)
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“Don’t diss my F-16. ...”

The F-16 may be OLR’s favorite, but that tells us nothing about its capabilities. Is it safe, efficient, effective, or durable? No. It’s what we have. What we’re stuck with.


46 posted on 10/31/2015 8:43:14 AM PDT by schurmann
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