Why they call them Blimps

The Mail OnLine presents the new JLENS aerostats, posted at 10,000 feet over the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland, allegedly to secure the East Coast from incoming cruise missiles (January 24th, 2014).

Ugly things.

Nothing up to the standards of the early-20th century LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin – they look more like something thrown out of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, an eyeless white whale with an inflated udder, witless flippers and its seams showing.

Now that's one hell of a cucumber!

And dig those fins!

On the other hand, maybe they should have talked to Jeff Koons.