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Thursday, November 05, 2015

Pentagon Suspends Missile Defense Program After Blimp Escapes

ABERDEEN, Md. (WJZ)–Those military blimps over the skies of Maryland may be a thing of the past. The military indefinitely suspending the so-called JLENS program after one of the blimps broke free causing chaos last week.

WJZ’s Derek Valcourt has more.

The Pentagon announces it has indefinitely suspended program that operated the military JLENS blimps until after the completion of a lengthy investigation into how one of the blimps broke free over Maryland and drifted out of control more than 150 miles into Pennsylvania.

The blimps which could often be seen in pairs over the skies of Maryland were only in a testing phase and use high-powered radar designed to help detect low flying missile threats.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

More bird brain projects to keep elites in high paying jobs.

Anonymous said...

Indefinitely means, we tell you it is over but we will still do it behind your backs...

Steve said...

look up Cudjoe Key Blimp and read history repeats itself. And our insane government tries it again expecting a different result!