BALTIMORE – NORAD wants to resume testing giant radar blimps four months after one escaped from Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Testing was cancelled after the blimp broke free, leaving a path of destruction in Columbia and Montour Counties, as tethers from the blimps dragged across power lines.
Maj. Beth Smith, spokeswoman for NORAD, tells The Baltimore Sun that the agency wants to resume the test, which was supposed to run for three years. More money is needed and Congress cut much of the funding for the project. Officials say Defense Secretary Ash Carter has signed off on the plan to resume testing.
