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Re:Unmanned surveillance blimp breaks tether, floats over Pe... by jonnybgood on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @04:10PM (#10467027)
>Conspiracy theory would probably speculate on some new tech being demoed or tested over Baltimore.

It says it right in the article:

"It's currently on a three-year test run to see if it can help detect cruise missiles or enemy aircraft from 10,000 feet above ground."

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Re:Unmanned surveillance blimp breaks tether, floats over Pe... by Alupis on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @04:13PM (#10467053)
> It says it right in the article

No, the article says the JLENS program is on a three-year test run to see if it can help detect cruise missiles or enemy aircraft from 10,000 feet above ground.

That three years is up this year (started program in 2012)... so perhaps they will be decommissioned, or re-purposed.

My statement was more along the conspiracy theory line of domestic surveillance tech being tested.

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