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19th Century Airship Technology for Port Security

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

fenimor writes "Airships - known today mainly for advertising flyovers at football games - are the core of a new coastal surveillance system in development for the the U.S. Department of Defense. These stationary platforms 25 times the size of a Goodyear blimp will be equipped with an array of cutting-edge equipment for remote sensing, communications, and risk analysis, providing surveillance coverage over a surface area of 500,000 square miles from an altitude of 70,000 feet."

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  1. what? by Nomeko · · Score: 0, Troll

    Even more mony waisted on US military. Do you feel safer now?

    1. Re:what? by susano_otter · · Score: 0, Troll
      Even more mony waisted on [the] US military. Do you feel safer now?

      Yes, I do. Meanwhile, how much money was "waisted" on your education, and can I get my share of it back?

      Also, given your tenuous grasp of the written language, why should I have any confidence at all in your claim that the money is "waisted"? Can I trust you to know what the hell you're talking about?

      I think not.

      But hey, you've posted on Slashdot. Do you feel smarter now?

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