The US Army is planning to launch two blimps over the US state of Maryland this northern autumn to watch the Eastern Seaboard for incoming cruise missiles.It's what else they might be able to see from up there that worries privacy advocates.
The Army says the aerostats - blimps tethered to the ground in Harford and Baltimore counties - will carry technology capable of detecting, tracking and targeting cruise missiles and rockets up to 550 kilometres away. That means they can cover an area from the US state of North Carolina to the Canadian border.
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