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Friday, January 24, 2014

Blimplike Surveillance Craft Set To Deploy Over Maryland Heighten Privacy Concerns

They will look like two giant white blimps floating high above I-95 in Maryland, perhaps en route to a football game somewhere along the bustling Eastern Seaboard. But their mission will have nothing to do with sports and everything to do with war.

The aerostats — that is the term for lighter-than-air craft that are tethered to the ground — are to be set aloft on Army-owned land about 45 miles northeast of Washington, near Aberdeen Proving Ground, for a three-year test slated to start in October. From a vantage of 10,000 feet, they will cast a vast radar net from Raleigh, N.C., to Boston and out to Lake Erie, with the goal of detecting cruise missiles or enemy aircraft so they could be intercepted before reaching the capital.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn't that why we have satellites?

Anonymous said...

Three year test?
Detecting cruise missiles?
Over I-95?

I call B.S.
This is more of the same, spying on American citizens by a rogue regime in D.C.

Anonymous said...

If a cruise missile hit the Whitehouse it would be a blessing

Anonymous said...

They use these in Puerto Rico for drug interdiction

Anonymous said...

they have been flying these government surveillance devices over Baltimore for more than a year now .

lmclain said...

Keep cheering.

Anonymous said...

Paint a bulls eye on it.

Anonymous said...

We had one of these in the Florida Keys for drug interdiction for many years. Somehow, it kept getting shot down... in a GUN FREE ZONE no less! They finally gave up. It's gone now.

Keep up the good work!