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Onboard. blimps designed to work in tandem. >> the first is to do broad surveillance and look up for threats over the horizon about 340 miles. the second aerostat is designed to hone in on a potential threat and fuel it for another web system like a fighter jet even a patriot missile defense system. and the radar is contained in a pod underneath right here. >> norad officials say it was the second targeting blimp which came unmoored. the two errstads are designed to detect cruise missiles, low-flying aircraft and project tiles. now critics are calling the crashed white blimp a white elephant. ...