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I wonder if they're taking precautions against the blimps being shot down.

• abenga 13y ago
  Contrary to (popular?) opinion most of Africa is not a warzone. With extremely few exceptions (Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo), most of Sub-Saharan Africa is in the middle of an extended period of peace. It's inconceivable that if ever deployed, any of these blimps will be interfered with in the airspaces of East Africa (aside from Somalia) or over any country south of them.
  • icebraining 13y ago
    People were shooting drones in the US[1]; you don't to assume a warzone to consider it a risk. [1] http://www.suasnews.com/2012/11/19719/activists-drone-shot-out-of-the-sky-for-fourth-time/ http://www.suasnews.com/2012/11/19719/activists-drone-shot-o... (Yes, the drone may have been above private grounds; so probably will the blimps)
    • Cushman 13y ago
      It'd be rather more difficult than that to take out a high-altitude blimp with small arms. One hesitates to say impossible, but it's wildly unlikely without organized military involvement.
    • saraid216 13y ago
      The US is also notoriously high-density in guns and the will to fire them; many of its inhabitants do indeed believe they live in a warzone.