fact it was trained by military frig fighter jets, how does that work? are the rules of engagement tracking something like this? how do military pilots proceed? the f-16 is a quick-moving aircraft so it would have to do a racetrack pattern around the blimp and rules of engagement, they are armed any time standing alert, missiles and cannon firepower, but what happened on this one was undoubtedly they let out the helium. if this thing has a problem and gets a couple holes put into it, it covers up internally but big enough holes or push a button and let the helium out and gently comes down to the ground. we did avert a catastrophe and i agree with the general, this is a wonderful system and used it for many, many years on the boarder. it works wonderfully. general, how concerned do you think people should be that for awhile today, it wasn t doing what it was supposed to be