Blimps


Blimps are back, elevated by new roles, materials -- Noah Shachtman  -- Chicago Tribune  -- April 17, 2004
Surveillance Technology

The U.S. military has become fascinated with potential new uses for blimps--to spy on potential adversaries, transmit conversations and maybe even haul helicopters or Humvees one day.

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New Spy Gear Aims to Thwart Attacks in Iraq -- Eric Schmitt  -- New York Times  -- October 23, 2003
Iraq

The Air Force and the Army are working on a classified project to use new combinations of surveillance aircraft and other sensors, along with intelligence on the ground, to try to detect and counter the increasingly deadly ambushes against American forces in Iraq.

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Military Has High Hopes For New Eye in the Sky -- Steve Vogel  -- Washington Post  -- August 7, 2003
Surveillance Technology

Military researchers are looking into deploying sensor-laden blimps to hover over regions (like Washington D.C.) to provide constant surveillance for the homeland security mission.

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