You know how your conversations with your friends go - you start with one thing, and it merges into another and another.
So. We’re talking about heavy lift airships. One companyhas been in the news lately, testing a new heavy lift blimpthat may have some operational advantages over planes and helos. Cool. Should be interesting.
Which leads to the Airship Ventures Zeppelinthat recently stopped touring California for financial reasons.
And being a pilot who has seen more than a couple of bullet holes in GA planes as well as a visitor to a couple of lighthouses whose lenses have been shot by some asshat redneck, we got to thinking how to protect your blimp from small arms fire as you float over say, Compton or Kabul.
It seems the answer is a ShotSpottersystem. It’s one of a handful of companies with similar technology.
Basically, it triangulates a gunshot using numerous sensors covering a city-sized area.
Just as putting out some corn for deer and pigs, or some meat and scraps for black bear will bring them running, I bet if you floated a blimp slowly through Taliban Trails, Muslim Meadows, Hijab Heights or any given area where American enemies are hiding among the population, the bad guys couldn’t resist popping a few caps in its direction.
Now, using SS technology either on the blimp or on the ground, we can tell just what shots came from where, and presumably return fire, or direct an attack on a very specific area, or even an individual.
Drones can do it, or perhaps the blimp itself could be armed to give back a little message from our Uncle Sam.
So, military guys: what 's wrong with my plan? Instead of putting men in places like Outpost Keating and taking a beating, why not bait the fuckers, and reverse some fire on their ass?
