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US Pentagon Plans For a Spy Blimp
nloop writes "The Pentagon is intending to develop a new spy ship — a dirigible. At 65,000 feet it would provide a 10 year, solar power based, unblinkingly intricate and continuous view of the surface via radar surveillance. Because of its altitude it would be safe from surface-to-air missiles and most aircraft. A 1/3-scale prototype, now being designed, is 'known as ISIS, for Integrated Sensor Is the Structure, because the radar system will be built into the structure of the ship. ... 'If successful, the dirigible... could pave the way for a fleet of spy airships, military officials said.'"
China works on 'giant slingshots' armed with darts to combat the US spying mission.
and I thought that model rocketry was dead.
) Human Kind Vs Human Creation
) It'd be interesting to see how many humans would survive to serve us.
I for one welcome our steampunk overlords.
Yes those laser armed taliban have been a real problem.
You're no fun.
How about a higher altitude dirigible with a magnifying glass? Lasery enough?
I'm out of any more bright ideas.
Tsunami -- You can't bring a good wave down!
No no no! Stick to your guns, man! Take your original idea, fuse it with OP, multiply it with a well-known meme, and whaddya have?
AIRBORNE, frickin' anti-aircraft sharks with laser beams!
I'm actually much more partial to that idea. The magnifying glass idea is just ridiculous.