August 12, 2003
LASH'ing Out

ABCnews is carrying this report on what could possibly be a future spy platform in the US arsenal... a blimp. Well, a blimp with a really wicked set of sensors anyway.

I'd just pity the poor bastards who had to sit up there for 15+ hour shifts waiting for something interesting to happen. Especially when one of the interesting things that could happen is a SAM launch. Blimps do some things very well, but they don't dodge.

Posted by scott at August 12, 2003 03:05 PM
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But they do land a lot better when damaged, much more so than planes or even helicopters. If the blimp could make it through the initial volley with even one helium compartment intact, it will will go down in a jarring, but likely not lethal, crash.

Posted by: Tatterdemalian on August 12, 2003 07:55 PM
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