Discussion: Ash Carter On Runaway Blimp: This Happened All The Time In Afghaistan

system1 · October 28, 2015, 4:04pm

Discussion for article #242262

tiowally · October 28, 2015, 4:15pm

Dude, where’s my blimp?

korvu · October 28, 2015, 4:16pm

About 20 hours ago, Raytheon posted a job opening for a blimp watcher.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/95069240?trk=vsrp_jobs_cluster_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A168653501446058347732%2CVSRPtargetId%3A95069240%2CVSRPcmpt%3Ajobs_cluster

steviedee111 · October 28, 2015, 4:17pm

Blimps gotta blimp.

humpback · October 28, 2015, 4:17pm

Don’t shoot it! It’s just seeking its own kind, to mate and make little birthday balloons.

george_spiggott · October 28, 2015, 4:17pm

Is CNN breathlessly covering the “Runaway Blimp”?

Is Wolf Blitzer stationed in the Situation Room?

alliebean · October 28, 2015, 4:18pm

That would be completely adorable!

george_spiggott · October 28, 2015, 4:19pm

Somebody really needs to slap a sticker that reads “Runaway Blimp” on Chris Christie’s back tonight without him knowing.

steviedee111 · October 28, 2015, 4:22pm

mattinpa · October 28, 2015, 4:26pm

Some Twitter wag said he didn’t think a mere missing blimp was all that interesting—get back to him, he said, if it starts dragging a piece of pizza through the subway.

george_spiggott · October 28, 2015, 4:28pm

A suspect who’s believed to have detached the “Runaway Blimp” has been apprehended:

lestatdelc · October 28, 2015, 7:16pm

Oh for fucks sake. The blimp doesn’t cost $2.7 billion.

The JLENS blimp cost about $182 million and most of that is the cost of the advanced early warning electronic systems it carries onboard.

If I wanted stupid and inaccurate information I would be reading Red State, Politico, or some other hack website.

What next, ballon boy is aboard?

Step up your game TPM.

sedonaz · October 28, 2015, 4:32pm

Another victim of an underfunded military. For just $20-30 million more, they could’ve attached a second tether.

steviedee111 · October 28, 2015, 4:35pm

Shhhh! You’re going to eff up the sweet deal I have selling the Air Force Phillips-Head screwdrivers for $4,200 each. Hey, they work at altitudes of up to 70,000 feet!

sniffit · October 28, 2015, 4:40pm

OMG, time for a congressional special committee, investigations, hearings, hundreds of hours of depositions and impeachment of Mr. Carter!!!

steviedee111 · October 28, 2015, 4:42pm

It’s very suspicious all of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails to the blimp can’t be found.

ronbyers · October 28, 2015, 4:55pm

Tether? You mean rope?

pmaroneyb · October 28, 2015, 5:04pm

Tether? As in singular, not plural?

austin_dave · October 28, 2015, 5:05pm

Who ya gonna call?

quax · October 28, 2015, 5:12pm

So why exactly does the US military need this thing above Pennsylvania?