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Dread Zeppelin: The Army’s New Surveillance Blimp
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June 10, 2009
Since the airship glory days of the early part of the century, blimps have certainly lost some of their cachet, relegated to hovering over sporting events and not much else. However, the Army is about to test launch an unmanned hybrid airship to be used for surveillance missions in Afghanistan.
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Its lift and propulsion systems are equipped to maintain an average speed of 20 kts, but can “dash” at speeds of up to 80 kts when needed. Over the course of its flight the LEMV can cover up to 2,500 miles, over which quite a bit of surveillance information can be collected. It is also equipped with a “rapid deflation device” that will ground the ship quickly if control is somehow lost, keeping it from drifting into restricted airspace and preventing the payload from falling into the wrong hands.
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Scary looking!
Max Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
That’s just advertisement balloon for a closed GM car lot floating around up there. If the stupid people don’t realize this is an offensive tool against the American people they never will.
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June 11th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
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stupidamerkin Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Don’t worry. Be happy. We have our guns.
homedawg Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Boys and their toys..I used to work on a boat that launched and towed the drug intercept balloons off Key West…tey really are a danger with their stealth capability
FreedomLover Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Hmmm, I used to work for GE on the aerostat project
Paradox Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
You must be Gay Then Freedom Lover of ass
FreedomLover Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:18 am
What has your comment got to do with my post? Or am I flattering your intelligence?
Captan Trips Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 12:34 am
You’re definitely giving him way too much credit!
scienceofficer Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 9:58 am
i’ll pay 40,000,000.00 for this needed fatherland security blimp! what would we do with out the government looking out for us? really floride in our drinking water because they care about my teeth! trillions of chemicals in my food because they want me healthy! and the patroit act because they need to listen in on my calls and email too keep me from terrorists!
man we have it great in america in 2009! obama in the white house and pelosi in the capital, what could be better? we our blessed.
wooblues Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 10:55 am
LAND OF THE FREE,bulls----Police state
More Stupid Crap Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 11:48 am
How Stupid is this …yeah a weather ballon is really going to scan in on us from 20000 feet.
What a stupid made up story this is….hey has anyone seen Big Foot yet or the Locness Monster….Yeah I thought not…Wake up this is all fear mongering people !
JUROR#4 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF “HUBBLE” I GUESS IT DOESN’T EXIST AND CAN’T SEE FAR AWAY GALAXIES EITHER.
AND BIGFOOT AND LOCHY DO EXIST! HE HE HE
JUROR#4 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
OH AND BY THE WAY “UP” TO 100,000 FEET IT COULD BE DEPLOYED AND MOST LIKELY HAS BEEN IN USE FOR “YEARS”.
what does it matter Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Stupid? Have you never heard of a satellite? They can photograph us from SPACE. Now is SPACE closer or further from us than 20, 000 feet?
splinx001 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
yep your user name says it all about you…more stupid crap.
Captan Trips Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 12:35 am
One word,
Satellites.
les magnuson Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:35 am
I’ve seen it on the news it’s very long and jammed with cameras
June 10th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Just what we need. More surveillance. I wonder………
Boston Revolt Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
as if haarp and the chemtrails arent enough i hear ya
June 10th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
I can see this thing flying around like a leaking balloon after somebody shoots it.
showmebby Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Um yes ……. yes……. not me but I sure would laughmao.
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
It will be far above, well out of rifle range, probably out of sight as well.
roaddog Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
armed—unless its loaded with equipment.
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Would depend on the weapons platform. Guided bombs can be dropped from high altitude.
Even cannon rounds, anything 20mm or above would still be well out of small arms fire.
June 10th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I SAW ONE OF THESE AT A PINK FLOYD CONCERT!!!!
Boston Revolt Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
lol how much acid was u on??
showmebby Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 12:29 am
no no they are real. Large croud
boston revolt Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 9:56 am
i was justing pulling ur tail jk jk i know ish is messed up these days
June 10th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
and this whole time people were thinking they seen a UFO…lol
June 10th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
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boston revolt Reply:
June 12th, 2009 at 9:56 am
i got you im hipphopper420w over there on utube
June 10th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
no channel pluggies huh
June 10th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
click on my name
June 10th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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June 10th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
thankyou mr admin, and as far as this blimp is concearned, I have heard there are even helium launching platforms way up as well
June 10th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Nazi SS E-4 is alive and well in America and up to their old tricks again !!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Buck Rogers, look out! It looks like a 1940’s cartoon space ship.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Now all they need to do is mount giant laser beams on these things so when they see you doing something they do not agree with they can just push a button and vaporize you. Fun Fun!
Dr. Evil Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
NO NO NO! The “Laser Beams” are to be attached to the heads of sharks that swim about my new “Secret Lair”! That should keep Austin Powers and his NWO horde away!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
This will explain allot of UFO sightings.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Imagine the resolution of images from 20,000 feet taken with bleeding-edge tech cameras while this thing creeps along at 20 knots. Anonymity is gone, privacy is gone, every last vestige of dignity is next.
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
You there by the window…stay where you are… You may as well say goodbye. While we’re on the subject…
“Here comes a candle to light you to bed.
“Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
+h3.d3@d./\/\3$$3l\lg3r Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 10:40 am
I’m sure they use infrared cameras or something better to see through roofs and walls too.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Will they advertise like the Good Year blimps to offset the cost?
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Why should they care about the cost, the tax payers pay for it.
June 10th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
You’re right. Isn’t it ironic that we pay for the very means to imprison ourselves?
June 10th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
More surveillance – more control.
America wake up.
June 10th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Dread Zeppelin . . ROFL
June 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
ALEX D”KOOKVILLE JONES IS Starting to look like the Goodyear Blimp. Emerick Go on a diet you blob! By the way Homeland Security will be picking you and you kooks up soon!
Rod Target Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Don’t judge a man on the size of his body, but the content of his character. “fat Alex” above needs major help, for his brain is a peanut and his nuts aren’t any bigger. Learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim buddy.
fat Alex Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
You know what they say, when in the library cough should be set quietly by the right of your shell. Or the last time I went in there they roamed all about so I ran to the shed but that didn’t hold up.
+h3.d3@d./\/\3$$3l\lg3r Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 10:42 am
I seriously just feel sorry for you, “fat Alex”.
I mean, how old are you, 7… 8?
Damn… these “critics” make us look good EASILY!
!!!DTTNWO!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Hmmm…will it fly low enough I can hit it with my shotgun?
June 10th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
All this technology, but all it needs is one 10 year old with an air rifle and it’s all over…
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
An air rifle is not gonna penatrate the membrane of a blimp at 10 feet much less high altitude.
June 10th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
DIE BALLOON!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
couple rounds should bring it down!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Big White Target. Bet i can take it out with my new 7mm!!! I promise I will try!
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
it will be well out of small arms fire
mike Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I bet that blimp gets one helluva good cable signal.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Blackwater/Xe has a blimp divison.
True.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
What if people shoot at them. I would want this blimp to free fall into houses.
Reality Check Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
What if?? Are you kidding me. Of course someone’s going to shoot at the f---ing thing!! Do you honestly think some big ass floating spy ship is not going to get shot to pieces as it cruises around? lmao.. If it lands on your house, get yourself some free video equipt..
Armed*Serenity}-;='--- Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
A rifle cannot bring down something 10,000 plus feet in the air, and it might be 30,000 plus
June 10th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Well Hopefully It Ain’t Bulletproof!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Considering the 20,000 foot altitude, even a Ma-Duece wouldn’t be able to hit that unless mounted on an aircraft.
Reality Check Reply:
June 10th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Wait until it crosses mountian areas. Someone will invest a bunch of time and money into model rockets or something. You know people will try to shoot that think out of the sky one way or another.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
we need to keep an eye on scum bag crooks and persons that deal in the drug trade ect
+h3.d3@d./\/\3$$3l\lg3r Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Yeah… we need OUR own sureveillance system against the psychotic elitist!
June 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I wonder….
If this thing will be filled with H2 or He? will it be possible to “heat” up the floating gas using an amped up laser like from a laser pen that some tool geek would come up with given enough spare time and nachos… Can we pop it that way?
I mean come on people- you know the average redneck, if this thing floated by a moutnain like the earlier poster said, do we know anyone who wouldnt start taking shots at it for s---s and giggles? I mean thats like a great big floating deer crossing sign in the middle BFE country side nowhere. That damned thing is begging to be shot at, just just looking at the picture Im wishing I had a great big needle to pop that damned balloon.
Badgerman3 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:09 am
It’s made of metal, aluminum I should think…
June 10th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Could this be connected/used with the Census Bureau’s GPS coordinate gathering of front doors on all dwellings? Think of the possibilities.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
My Channel on youtube “funkmasterfive” needs support in the form of subscriptions. We are making a huge impact on youtube, lets keep taking the infowar to the globalists.
Thanks and happy hunting!
-the funk
June 10th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
WHO KNOWS ,MAYBE THEY WILL MOUNT SOME AIR TO GROUND MISSILES ON IT ,THAT ALONG WITH GETTING THE GPS POSITION FROM THE CENSUS THEY CAN TAKE US OUT EASY ,FOR ALL WE KNOW THEY MIGHT BE FLYING OVER HEAD AS WE SPEAK ,YOU’D NEVER KNOW
Badgerman3 Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:09 am
It could carry nukes let alone little missiles…
June 10th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
“IN EVERY WAY ORGANIZE NOW”
If the picture defines the reality, and this “tool” is supposed to be unmanned;
then what are the windows for?
eveplebeodious.blogspot.com
CISCO d
June 10th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
My Channel on youtube “funkmasterfive” needs support in the form of subscriptions. We are making a huge impact on youtube, lets keep taking the infowar to the globalists.
Thanks and happy hunting!!
-the funk
June 10th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I’m really not worried about them watching me with their silly blimps. I never break laws anyways, and the majority of people don’t, so all this is doing is helping us to show the sleeping sheeple how the tyrants are violating their Constitutional rights. When the tyrants are acting like tyrants, it makes the infowar much easier. Besides, it’s not as if we the people cannot deploy for cameras than they can. We have the ability to make their lives much worse than our own. All we need to do is endure to win, and we’re winning too.
I wouldn’t come into the comment section talking about shooting down some stupid blimp, not very bright. Besides in the grand scope of things, blimps are the very least of concerns.Televisions are much worse on the population than any blimp. Now when I see Michael Moore floating over my city I’m gonna panic then. Oh don’t even start that cyber bullying crap with me either.
June 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
I feel violated in an airport x-ray kind of way. Its very exsitence is insulting.
June 11th, 2009 at 12:44 am
No match for my 50’s era vintage Crosman 140 .22 cal.!!! 10 pumps and it’s toast!!! Ya’ want Thermal Expansion??? “Oh, the humanity!!!” is what you’ll get!!! “All ‘HAIL’ Thermal Expansion!!!”
June 11th, 2009 at 4:56 am
It’s a streetlight!!! ;P
June 11th, 2009 at 7:54 am
you fools. ITs dark sidious and his minions. doohhhoo and too think I have seen this flying over Phoenix and the like. I was listening to Art Bell about 12 years ago. When folks started calling in left and right..It was a bad dream for sure. They talked of a low ship that was 1/4 mile wide and going very slow..This is it. This is what there talking about..ITs the dark side of the force. its the minions of the evil ones, controlling the space and time of millinium. AND too think you did not believe the callers calling in. NOOOO, you thought it was a bad acid trip, all you ol’ hippys out there well, see its true, all it was was a big ballon..thats it…ha…do not be afraid my little ones, the evil empire shall not get you…come to the light and let us save you from the dark forces of the evil empire..I really read this on a gov’t web site about 10 years ago..the believed this crap ha…any how to really get to speak the truth and such..really thats what it was and all. soo it was no flares but a hot air ballon that flys in the sky..ok have a great day now…
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pissed Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
just clicked on the link for youtube and it came up as suspended. wft??
June 11th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Dread Zeppelin is a west coast cover band!!!
ew keane Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 11:55 am
from Sacramento, right? regge/ska covers of led zeppelin, if memory serves.
June 11th, 2009 at 11:14 am
“Well Lenny, do you feel safe now that they got the hundred billion dollar blimp?
“Will it hurt the rabbits, George?”
No Lenny, it’ll the keep Muslins from swimming over here, trying to take out guns, and steel our money.”
As long as they don’t try and take the rabbits. Let em try George. Jus’ let em try and take the rabbits.”
June 11th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Great Headline
June 11th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Now add conformal photovoltaic fabric, high-performance fuel cells and ion wind propulsion instead of propellers.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
its good that its called dread zepplin …..just think it might have been called WINGER lol….. that band really sux winger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
And what exactly IS the payload ?
June 11th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
This thing looks similar to what all the old “world of the future” books used to say we’d be driving in the 21st century. I’m really pissed that we never got flying cars, but the military gets this floating spy outpost. Seriously, why couldn’t this kind of technology be adapted for personal transportation?
June 11th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
How far up in the sky can ones naked eye see things like this?
June 11th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
There’s no such thing as blimps!
June 11th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Dread Zeppelin
Alex’s song remains the same
June 12th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Ah! “rapid deflation device”
Also referred to as “hollow point”.
Available in boxes.
June 12th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Nuclear Tipped Pickles I think!!! Capable of Thermal Expansion!!! Kilo or Mega Ton…Y’all spin that wheel!!! Ahhh…Milwaukee’s Best Ice and some cheese pizza!!! Yep’…(Live Rust in the backround) I feel psychopaths sail ships!!! And good for them!!! Sanity was thrown out about 80 exits ago folks!!! Welcome to Franklin County, Ohio, June 11,09, edition of the Columbus Dispatch…”Judge(Tim Horton Common Pleas) scolds rape victim on the stand”…Then THREATENS to tear up the Guilty plea and let the Perp walk if she couldn’t contain herself while she relived that experience on the stand!!! CAN’T MAKE THIS s--- UP!!! His excuse…sit down…”I’m still learning as a judge!!!” WTF??? Hey…just go to Columbus Dispatch.com and check it out. “All ‘HAIL’ Thermal Expansion!!!”
June 12th, 2009 at 3:40 am
The blimp sees all and relays all enemy troop movements and information to freshly hired ex- corporate backstabbers (project mgrs) too busy fumbling with their bloody m5s and first aid kits.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:34 am
You know, you can block the infrared from reading you with a pane of glass.
Scientifically proven.