willedoo Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Short article with some construction photos of the US M1400 surveillance airship to be deployed to Afghanistan. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/aviation_week/on_space_and_technology/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9c&plckPostId=Blog%3aa68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9cPost%3a1ee2437c-57aa-485e-91e0-2b04301745f3&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest
Spin Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 Interesting concept, but the phrase "sitting duck" comes to mind. In a conventional battlefield you'd count it's survival time in minutes; even in Afghanistan the bad guys seem able to produce all manner of missiles and artillery from their caves. Maybe more useful in a domestic situation, eg the so called war on drugs.
willedoo Posted February 28, 2012 Author Posted February 28, 2012 Interesting concept, but the phrase "sitting duck" comes to mind. Certainly does, it would have to be very vulnerable to sam's. I was wondering if it had some longer term use planned & they're prepared to risk it to have the advantage of testing it in an active combat zone. Maybe a case of do it now while there's still a war on. It's a lot of money to go up in smoke. Cheers, Willie.
siznaudin Posted February 28, 2012 Posted February 28, 2012 Certainly does, it would have to be very vulnerable to sam's. I was wondering if it had some longer term use planned & they're prepared to risk it to have the advantage of testing it in an active combat zone. Maybe a case of do it now while there's still a war on. It's a lot of money to go up in smoke.Cheers, Willie. I'm inclined to think the US military industrial complex ain't overfussed by that prospect, just so long as they get the contracts.:rolleyes:
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