LA Times: Small company aims to soar above Lockheed to Win Blimp Contract
The Pentagon can't supply Marines with the necessary upper-body armor, and is now forcing those whose families bought body armor for them to destroy it or face the loss of insurance, etc., but hey, Rummy & Co. can lick their chops and dream about GIANT BLIMPS!
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Moreover, the airships would be vulnerable to antiaircraft fire, not only because of their size but also because they would be flying at relatively low altitude of about 10,000 feet, bringing them within range of shoulder-fired missiles.
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Businessmen have talked up grand plans for passenger blimps for decades, and none has taken hold. Ever since the hydrogen-filled passenger dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames in 1937, lighter-than-air ships have been little more than a footnote in history.
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Businessmen have talked up grand plans for passenger blimps for decades, and none has taken hold. Ever since the hydrogen-filled passenger dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames in 1937, lighter-than-air ships have been little more than a footnote in history.
