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Not mentioned in the article at all: security. Unmanned airships over water at low altitude, and pirates with drones.
by nwatson 4y ago
Not mentioned in the article at all: security.
Unmanned airships over water at low altitude, and pirates with drones.
- theelfismike 4y agoagreed, a huge, slow-moving target for a bad actor to try to shoot down
- padobson 4y agoThis. 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.