Unblinking Surveillance Stare: Army’s 7-Story Flying Football Field-Sized Blimp
August 15th, 2012Via: 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.
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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.”