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1 posted on 12/17/2014 7:16:29 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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ICBM cruise missiles, huh? Riiiiiiight.


2 posted on 12/17/2014 7:19:05 PM PST by Rockpile
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yep....that’s an Army blimp. You can tell by the big balls.


3 posted on 12/17/2014 7:19:23 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Cutting edge WWI technology.


5 posted on 12/17/2014 7:21:09 PM PST by AU72
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To: SandRat; HiJinx

Aerostat ping


6 posted on 12/17/2014 7:25:38 PM PST by mylife
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There has been one on station at Key West for 40+ years. If you look on the VFR chart for the area, it is marked.

The electronics may be new, the platform isn’t.


7 posted on 12/17/2014 7:26:00 PM PST by wrench
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; ...

Active Duty ping.


21 posted on 12/17/2014 7:47:49 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why the Army? Shouldn’t this be the USAF?


33 posted on 12/17/2014 9:11:49 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Those who profess noblesse oblige regress to droit du seigneur.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Why should this be radar only? Shouldn’t it also have a laser? I just don’t get this project at all.


34 posted on 12/17/2014 9:14:37 PM PST by Carry_Okie (Those who profess noblesse oblige regress to droit du seigneur.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

If I were an enemy of the U.S., I’d put a high powered laser on a sub that could burn holes across the blimp’s helium compartments.


39 posted on 12/17/2014 11:24:25 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Shows the lag. Was a time when that system would have worked against subsonic missiles, but that was a decade ago. Newer sea launched missiles are hypersonic with ranges up to 1000km. These would be on target by the time they were detected. We really do not have a good or even workable defense against this type of missile for our ships, let alone an entire coastline.

Bad idea and waste of money, unless system has another purpose entirely ...


42 posted on 12/18/2014 3:36:12 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Bramhall said the radar can't identify individuals or record cellphone conversations.

"The mission is not to spy on U.S. citizens. It is not designed for that," he said.

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.

43 posted on 12/18/2014 5:00:38 AM PST by tx_eggman (Liberalism is only possible in that moment when a man chooses Barabas over Christ.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Does it advertise in A-rab?


52 posted on 12/20/2014 10:59:38 AM PST by onedoug
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