2015’s Biggest Military Boondoggles: Mistakes That Are Killing Our Confidence in the Armed Forces

6. Runaway Blimp!

If the fact that the Army is working on a super special blimp program isn’t proof enough that they’re vastly misspending our tax dollars, then nothing else will be. Even if this program had gone off without a hitch, it’s still a million dollar investment in blimp tech. Who ever heard of a stealth blimp? A combat blimp? Of course, JLENS didn’t go well, as in October one of the program’s blimps broke free of its tether and took a three hour joyride through the Pennsylvania skies dragging a long cable behind that downed several power lines. Here’s the kicker, it was only downed because it broke. After three hours.