A runaway unmanned Defense Department blimp is now descending over the skies of Pennsylvania, attached is a 6,800 foot heavy wire tether that is taking out scores of power lines, leaving thousands of residents in its path without electricity and other services.
The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS), broke free from its mooring station in Aberdeen, Maryland, and is being tracked by US fighter jets, who are waiting for an opportunity to shoot it down.
The football field long balloon is described at 37 meters in diameter and has a large cord hanging from its belly. The balloon traveled through Lancaster and Lebanon counties, and is now reportedly in Columbia County and beyond, maybe up to the Canadian border.
This is a developing story. Check back for more details.
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It is part of an ill fated non workable program where these blimps have very expensive radar and other equipment to look down from above to see cruise missiles in the US.
Many people including officers in the field want to eliminate it but the Pentagon butt kissers do not
The blimp is made by Raytheon and the project costs 2.7 Billion useless dollars
The LA times reported that 2 months ago when a small private plan buzzed the White House the blimps like exact one this surrounding he capitol did not pick it up.
They cannot cut it because the government/Pentagon signed a contract with Raytheon that the project cannot be terminated---another Osprey.
would you like to have a contract that even though it is a flop it cannot be terminated?
And they say they want a bigger military budget?????? What other types of waste are there?