Cargo airships could be big

Re:Cargo airships could be big by nwatson on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:13PM (#34582922)

Not mentioned in the article at all: security.

Unmanned airships over water at low altitude, and pirates with drones.

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Re:Cargo airships could be big by padobson on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:34PM (#34583316)

This. It was all I could think about while reading the piece. The US Navy is capable of making the seas safe, but under current political conditions I don't even see THAT happening forever.

To make this work, the air force would almost certainly have to get in on the act, and that makes even less geopolitical sense.

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Re:Cargo airships could be big by theelfismike on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:34PM (#34583313)

agreed, a huge, slow-moving target for a bad actor to try to shoot down

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