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All it takes is a gunshot. Thats what he meant.

• ams6110 9y ago
  A gunshot would not take an airship down. It would be like a pinhole compared to the overall volume, and the gas envelope is compartmentalized so at most you would lose the gas in one compartment. At the very worst it would have to make an unplanned landing but could likely stay aloft for hours even with multiple bullet holes.
• wongarsu 9y ago
  Airships were used during WWI, and they evidently can withstand quite a few gunshots. Winds pushing crafts into the ocean were a bigger problem than gunshots.