This balloon costing billions of dollars can be shot down by State Troopers with shotguns. This balloon is suppose to protect the country from invasion and attack. Really?
It is pure stupidity and not a defense for the country.
October 29, 2015
Ian Duncan and Sean Welsh
By remaining blimp at Aberdeen Proving Ground (click here) grounded indefinitely after one of the two football field-sized military surveillance aerostats detached from its mooring Wednesday and traveled hundreds of miles north.
NORAD spokesman Michael Kucharek said a technical recovery team is on the ground in Pennsylvania to handle the retrieval of the runaway blimp, which deflated and landed in a wooded area Wednesday afternoon.
Capt. Matt Villa, an Army planning officer who is on the scene, said the balloon's tail has come off and crews had to cut parts of its tether that had tangled in powerlines. About 60 military personnel are involved in the recovery effort, working alongside a team of contractors and local authorities, he said.
"We're focused on safety at this point," Villa said. "There is an investigation that is ongoing."...
It is pure stupidity and not a defense for the country.
October 29, 2015
Ian Duncan and Sean Welsh
By remaining blimp at Aberdeen Proving Ground (click here) grounded indefinitely after one of the two football field-sized military surveillance aerostats detached from its mooring Wednesday and traveled hundreds of miles north.
NORAD spokesman Michael Kucharek said a technical recovery team is on the ground in Pennsylvania to handle the retrieval of the runaway blimp, which deflated and landed in a wooded area Wednesday afternoon.
"We're focused on safety at this point," Villa said. "There is an investigation that is ongoing."...
