Unblinking Surveillance Stare: Army’s 7-Story Flying Football Field-Sized Blimp

August 15th, 2012

Via: Network World:

The U.S. Army has a 7-story flying football field-sized blimp with a 21-day unblinking surveillance stare. The LEMV, described as a “Revolutionary ISR Weapon System” completed a successful 90-minute test flight directly over New Jersey where the fiery Hindenburg disaster happened.

The high tech blimp’s “skin” is made from “a blend of Vectran, Kevlar and Mylar” which “will be able to cope with a reasonable amount of small arms fire from Taliban fighters on the ground.”

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