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Pentagon to launch blimps to guard against cruise missiles
CBSNews.com ^
| January 24, 2014
| David Martin
Posted on 01/24/2014 9:22:47 AM PST by Biggirl
THE PENTAGON -- The Pentagon has discovered a gap in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and it's about to test a solution.
But depending on your point of view, the solution is either vital for national security or a threat to American privacy.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: blimps; cruisemissiles; cruisemissles; nationalsecurity; pentagon; pentagonblimps
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To: DBrow; St_Thomas_Aquinas
Seems D.C. wants total security...
Funny how tens of millions can enter illegally into the cities of our hinterlands at will. They occasionally stop trucks with 75 or so pack inside and once in a while find safe houses packed full of them etc...
How about the conga-line of 5,000 tons of drugs that enter as a matter of routine?
How hard would it be to smuggle in nasty weapons/components in one of those thousands of trucks/vehicles that come across our lawless borders from one of the most corrupt countries on earth?
I guess as long as D.C. is surrounded by rings of security, every thing is cool.
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:09:26 AM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Biggirl
The One enthroned in Heaven laughs!
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:09:36 AM PST
by
avenir
(I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
To: Hulka
"If we object to the development and testing of technology that can detect cruise missiles, how do you propose we develop this capability?" Oh, Hulka: don't try to reason with this crowd. They's minds are made up and they don't need facts and reason! TC
To: Patriot95
"Very creative of them. Wonder if it will look like this? Sure. Just replace the Nazi swastika with that stupid Obama/Democrat Party campaign emblem.
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:17:31 AM PST
by
StormEye
To: All
I’m confused.. I thought we all and Al Queda was dead..
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:20:14 AM PST
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: DBrow
What about cutting the tether?
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:24:04 AM PST
by
Wildbill22
(They have us surrounded again, the poor bastards- Gen Creighton Williams Abrams)
To: Wildbill22
“What about cutting the tether?”
Good plan, if you have unrestricted access to the tether. Usually these things are secured. I’ve been to the aerostat at Ft Huachuca, and you have to jump through some hoops to get on site. The Army had already thought of a guy in cammies with a K-Bar.
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posted on
01/24/2014 11:59:14 AM PST
by
DBrow
To: Biggirl; All
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:14:27 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: dragnet2
“I guess as long as D.C. is surrounded by rings of security, every thing is cool.”
Plus, every bureaucrat is armed with a 9mm Glock and 10,000 rounds of hollow point .40.
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:16:37 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: null and void
“Im a little unclear on exactly how a tethered blimp is supposed to intercept a maneuvering 500 mph cruise missile.”
Amy Pond hanging from a rope from a blimp used the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver to do just that, I believe.
And if it’s on TV, it must be true.
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:18:59 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:19:54 PM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: DBrow
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:23:41 PM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: Pentagon Leatherneck
“They’s minds are made up and they don’t need facts and reason! TC”
Given how badly we are routinely lied to, do you blame them?
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:51:19 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: null and void
Interesting, from what range?
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posted on
01/24/2014 12:55:16 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: DBrow
No idea. I don’t think anyone’s used bar shot for at least a century.
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posted on
01/24/2014 1:01:42 PM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: null and void
I’m sure there is a 12 ga equivalent, considering how you can get bolo rounds, flechettes, and the like.
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posted on
01/24/2014 1:03:24 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: DBrow
Not if you are in California...
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posted on
01/24/2014 1:08:41 PM PST
by
null and void
(We need to shake this snowglobe up.)
To: Justa
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posted on
01/24/2014 1:53:43 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(I can see Mexico from my back door.)
To: null and void
Did someone already reply? They’re for detection, not disruption.
We’ve had one of these (different payload, I expect) tethered on Ft. Huachuca, AZ for over 20 years now. Ostensibly for detection of drug and people smugglers.
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posted on
01/24/2014 1:55:28 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(I can see Mexico from my back door.)
To: AzSteven
Frankly we should be using these to observe border airspace and airspace around important sites all over the country.
We call him...Fat Albert!
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01/24/2014 2:08:30 PM PST
by
HiJinx
(I can see Mexico from my back door.)
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