http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/01/23/Network-of-surveillance-blimps-closing/UPI-78031358969040/?spt=hs&or=tn
Surely this is just a redonate system. Obama would never leave Texas and the other border states wide open to terrorists and drug cartels.
I think you forgot the sarcasm tag on your last sentence ?
It least I hope so....
Do you mean redundant system? As in this would be a backup to something else? What else- satellites (they can’t be tasked to individual flights)? Surveillance planes— can’t keep up with private low flying jets.
This is/was a relatively low cost deterrent which has busted a lot of dope flyers at a minimum.