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Old 10-28-2015, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles View Post
Q: Who uses a $1 billion blimp for "surveillance" instead of a $5 thousand drone???

A: The rocket scientist bureaucrats in Washington D.C.---your tax dollar at work

This blimp is loaded with classified high tech military equipment that detects cruise missiles incoming to us and maybe much more. This is not your everyday Goodyear blimp filming a football game, but a military blimp from Aberdeen Proving grounds in Maryland.
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