https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/giant-spy-blimps-are-the-new-hotness/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:48:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/giant-spy-blimps-are-the-new-hotness/comment-page-1/#comment-295780 Isegoria Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:57:41 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25590#comment-295780 I think it’s fair to expect complete air superiority in a counterinsurgency — and losing a few recon airships at the start of an enemy air attack isn’t the worst thing in the world.

]]> https://www.isegoria.net/2011/07/giant-spy-blimps-are-the-new-hotness/comment-page-1/#comment-291036 Joseph Fouche Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:05:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=25590#comment-291036 Giant asterisk being that you need a permissive (meaning enemy aircraft-free) airspace. But that’s true of most of the current models of drone airplanes as well.

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