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Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts) Thu Oct 29, 2015, 10:43 PM Oct 2015

That fucking blimp cost 1.4b dollars. [View all]

$1.4 Billion Army Surveillance Blimp Breaks Free & Wreaks Havoc

U.S. military officials scrambled Wednesday to capture a billion-dollar unmanned surveillance blimp that broke free of its moorings in Maryland and drifted across Pennsylvania, downing power lines and knocking out electricity for tens of thousands of residents. The blimp has the capacity to surveil a region the size of Texas. Built by military contractor Raytheon, there are only two of these blimps in the world. Each effectively costs $1.4 billion. The U.S. military has another surveillance blimp, of a different model, that floats over Kabul at all times.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/29/headlines/14_billion_army_surveillance_blimp_breaks_free_wreaks_havoc

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That fucking blimp cost 1.4b dollars. [View all] Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 OP

$1.4b or this for $20,000 DJ13 Oct 2015 #1

Is that an aerial Tiny House? Wilms Oct 2015 #2

It's from the 2009 Pixar film 'Up'... PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #5

Where did the GIF of the shaking heads come from? hedgehog Oct 2015 #25

I have no idea DJ13 Oct 2015 #52

Team Fortress 2 sakabatou Nov 2015 #84

Thank you, how did you figure that out? DJ13 Nov 2015 #88

Because of this guy's Youtube channel sakabatou Nov 2015 #89

Thata a lot of material he has up there DJ13 Nov 2015 #90

Well, they need something to do at the NSA's information dominance center. pa28 Oct 2015 #3

oh god, not my naughty text messages! grasswire Oct 2015 #7

What was a blimp like this doing over Washington? Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #94

I'm not even sure Americans are allowed to know how much money Raytheon sucks from the life blood of Monk06 Oct 2015 #4

I know a mechanical engineer that works for them. Aerows Oct 2015 #29

What A Visual! ProfessorGAC Oct 2015 #33

Never let it be said Aerows Oct 2015 #37

LOL at the comment..... llmart Oct 2015 #67

It's the spread fear industry malaise Oct 2015 #46

"You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has underahedgerow Oct 2015 #59

Maybe it came with a transporter and warp drive. JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #6

"The defense/surveillance complex seems to overspend truebluegreen Oct 2015 #9

The whole issue is offensive as well. JonathanRackham Oct 2015 #11

It went rogue! Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 #8

PA state troopers deflated it with their guns, per the news rainbow4321 Oct 2015 #10

Wow. Here's another: America spent $11 BILLION on Halloween last year. Hortensis Oct 2015 #12

The topic is governmental priorities, not individual spending. WinkyDink Oct 2015 #14

um uh there was a point Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #15

Train of thought wandering way over. :) It was offered for perspective Hortensis Oct 2015 #17

Do you really think the people of this country want to cut, say, Social Security to Marr Nov 2015 #105

Of course, no, and not a problem. And, yes! Definitely. Hortensis Nov 2015 #109

Yeah, and got a hell of a lot more return than we did for this wayward blimp, too. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #57

Really? How do we know that a bunch of throwaway plastic pumpkins Hortensis Oct 2015 #58

And ironically, that sentence, said with much conviction, doesn't really mean anything. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #65

No money for S.S.! No money for Medicare! WinkyDink Oct 2015 #13

"This world in arms is not spending money alone..." Snarkoleptic Oct 2015 #16

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If this was $1.4B to help create real jobs... Duppers Oct 2015 #19

Blimps, hammers, toilet seats.. ad infinitum. What is a billion dollars here or there? Paper Roses Oct 2015 #20

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From same article dbackjon Oct 2015 #24

it is not FreedomRain Oct 2015 #36

No we bought two worthless fucking blimps. Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #42

That is one spin, I guess dbackjon Oct 2015 #43

You mean there are 8 of those things out there? Demeter Oct 2015 #31

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That can be shot out of the sky and disabled with firearms? bulloney Nov 2015 #93

You have a firearm that shoots two miles up? jberryhill Nov 2015 #108

That thing didn't look like it was 2 miles up in the pictures. bulloney Nov 2015 #111

Well, yeah... The pictures were after it got loose jberryhill Nov 2015 #113

It ryan_cats Oct 2015 #22

So you mean to tell me that the Goodyear Blimp was actually a spy blimp? d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #23

1.4 billion for an oversize condom azmom Oct 2015 #26

Oversize? Speak for yourself. KamaAina Oct 2015 #38

Hahaha azmom Oct 2015 #41

LOL! Kath1 Nov 2015 #70

Complete waste of tax payers money. WDIM Oct 2015 #27

One blimp cost more than four F-14D Tomcats and they filled it full of lead KeepItReal Oct 2015 #28

I like how it took out powerlines, shorting them as it drifted Demeter Oct 2015 #30

A billion here, a billion there, tabasco Oct 2015 #34

Did they catch it? Gore1FL Oct 2015 #35

I know some folks Aerows Oct 2015 #39

Lawnchair Larry built one for, like, $19.95 Brother Buzz Oct 2015 #40

I don't remember that story, what year did that stunt take place? B Calm Oct 2015 #48

1982 - I remember it well for some odd reason despite thinking it happened in the seventies Brother Buzz Oct 2015 #49

Only in America would we spend $1.4 bil on 1930s technology. louis-t Oct 2015 #44

Does it look like, perchance? hifiguy Oct 2015 #45

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #47

And does it sound like this... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #85

"...there are only two of these blimps in..." < One.One of these blimps in the world... jtuck004 Oct 2015 #50

LOL. JimDandy Nov 2015 #102

Its gonna take a lot of patches to put blimpy together again. Historic NY Oct 2015 #51

All the king's horses and all the king's men passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #54

no, the blimp didn't cost close to that ArcticFox Oct 2015 #53

2.8 billion total spent. Output: two blimps. Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #63

This is the wrong way to evaluate an R&D program... PosterChild Nov 2015 #75

Um uh, you're so right. When we get into the mass production of fucking blimps Warren Stupidity Nov 2015 #76

The pupose of the program is to protect against . .... PosterChild Nov 2015 #78

It's not the blimp, it's the electronics jberryhill Nov 2015 #106

The blimp did not cost $1.4 billion Recursion Oct 2015 #55

Actually it did. The program is kaput. Total output two fucking blimps. Warren Stupidity Oct 2015 #64

what the fuck! I could have made them one for just a cool billion or so. Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #56

well, we probably need it more than a new hospital for vets said absolutely no one. librechik Oct 2015 #60

While it is a large baloon and therefore has some expense 1939 Oct 2015 #61

They have more of those billion dollar ballons too, all authorised by our Pentagon big spenders. Sunlei Oct 2015 #62

1.4b could have built the Raiders a nice new stadium in Downtown Oakland itsrobert Oct 2015 #66

Remember when the news broke about that Surveillance Blimp and we Laughed KoKo Oct 2015 #68

Still waiting to hear how & by whom the blimp was shot down. Divernan Nov 2015 #69

$1.4 billion for a damn blimp. Kath1 Nov 2015 #71

I'm guessing, but I don't think... PosterChild Nov 2015 #82

So 1.4b price tag is perfectly justifiable for more damned useless war shit?!!!! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #86

Shirley, you jest.... PosterChild Nov 2015 #87

Oh good, just promote more war shit for violent minded war mongers. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #96

National security and defense are , .., PosterChild Nov 2015 #97

Preemptive War and Broadsweep National Security are neither rational, reasonable nor ethical, Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #98

Opinions are like... PosterChild Nov 2015 #99

It would be an opinion if it were not for the FACT war and its ugly tentacles are destroying the earth. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #100

And that fact is why national security and defense are so important .... PosterChild Nov 2015 #101

It's going to take a radical shift in the violent minds and hardened hearts of the oligarchy. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #103

Umm, OK... PosterChild Nov 2015 #104

You could call the Kochs, they may have some frightening info. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #110

You can call them.... PosterChild Nov 2015 #112

So sad, such resistance to Peace and Love. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #114

Thats a laugh . ... it's resistance to... PosterChild Nov 2015 #115

Oh my side, you're a hoot! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #116

You're quite the comedian yourself.... PosterChild Nov 2015 #117

Thank you, PosterChild and will do... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #121

Be sure to let ne know when . ... PosterChild Nov 2015 #122

pathetically, it was Phil1934 Nov 2015 #72

That's what's called , .. PosterChild Nov 2015 #81

beyond sick, what the military gets away with Fast Walker 52 Nov 2015 #73

IT'S NOT A BALLOON--IT'S AN AIRSHIP! AN AIRSHIP!!! Orrex Nov 2015 #74

The Mothership! The Mothership! klook Nov 2015 #95

Ever blow up a condom? jberryhill Nov 2015 #120

Wow, balloons float away if not secured PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #77

My guess is that the .... PosterChild Nov 2015 #80

The pupose of the program is to protect against . .... PosterChild Nov 2015 #79

One way to justify $$$ for the shadow government... freebrew Nov 2015 #83

A nuclear aircraft carrier costs $4b. JohnnyRingo Nov 2015 #91

if only 2 exist in the world.... smiley Nov 2015 #92

DC and the region around it. jberryhill Nov 2015 #107

Yep... LP2K12 Nov 2015 #118

There are normally two flying at Aberdeen jberryhill Nov 2015 #119