Is Than A Sensor Array or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

[MTI]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/10/28/the-army-lost-control-of-a-giant-unmanned-surveillance-blimp/

Known as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System, or JLENS, the blimp is technically an "aerostat" -- a term for a lighter than air craft tethered to the ground. It's currently on a three year test run to see if it can help detect cruise missiles or enemy aircraft from 10,000 feet above ground.

[t walgamuth]

Looks like a cartoon whale...with one of those pads for the crotch to look more manly.

[Mike D]

Hmmm, a whale with a codpiece. Now that's something you don't see every day.

[JB3]

An ideal mission for a squadron of sopwiths to take down.

Im sure there are a few still in inventory left over from the Lafayette Escadrille.

[INSIDIOUS]

They deflated it with with shotguns. There was no design feature for that purpose?

[spdrun]

Glad that USG has one fewer surveillance device in its inventory as of today.

[Hatterasguy]

Now that's just to funny, its a UFO!

[INSIDIOUS]

Originally Posted by spdrun

Glad that USG has one fewer surveillance device in its inventory as of today.

Isn't this thing for detecting incoming military hardware type attacks?

[Mxfrank]

You are perhaps not aware that the Jefferson quote is bogus?

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/no-freeman-shall-be-debarred-use-arms-quotation

[INSIDIOUS]

Originally Posted by Mxfrank

You are perhaps not aware that the Jefferson quote is bogus?

http://www.monticello.org/site/jefferson/no-freeman-shall-be-debarred-use-arms-quotation

I was not even aware it was proffered

[JB3]

What i find most amusing about this project is they appear to have essentially strapped a powerful radar to a 100+ year old barrage baloon design originally used against biplanes, and it STILL cost 2.7 billion dollars to arrange.

[oil_burner87]

There are actually two of them. I can see them from where I live. They creep some people out