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I swear there has got to be more than two of these. Just about every FOB I flew in and out of in Iraq and Afghanistan had one. I don't think they were following me around.
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[–] KidQuantum 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago (edited ago)
Each blimp is $175 million. The entire program is $2.4 billion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JLENS
That being said, JLENS doesn't work. It's an enormous piece of shit.
[–] [deleted] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
[–] KidQuantum 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The cost or piece of shitiness? :-)
[–] AmazingFlightLizard ago
I swear there has got to be more than two of these. Just about every FOB I flew in and out of in Iraq and Afghanistan had one. I don't think they were following me around.
[–] KidQuantum ago
Thanks for your service. What you saw at the FOBs were RAID aerostats. Rapid aerostat initial deployment I think. About half the size of a JLENS.