A strong America needs dirigibles!

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As much as I loathe the military-industrial establishment...

...I inherited from my father a great love of airships.



Defense Tech reports the latest developments in the Walrus project to build a bigass blimp that will carry troops, spy on us from above, and host elegant piano bar soirées other military crap.

I'm holding out for a real dirigible though, and not just a big blimp. If I ever become as rich as a supervillain my preferred transport will be my private airship. Quiet, luxurious cruising, 500 feet in the air, looking down at the little people from my flying hotel and sipping champagne.

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At one time I'd heard that the Zepplin Company was working on the design for a super cargo-carrier Zepplin that would haul cargo across the oceans and land far faster than you could with current ground/ocean based transport while charging a competetive price.

Too bad they dropped that idea and went with smaller semi-rigid and partial-rigid blimps that were designed for short payload/distance work.