ATTACK BLIMP takes to the skies above Washington!

"David E. Powell" <David_Powell3006.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message news:<1096507913.hf2fxfGzXM5F+y/g/bw45g@teranews>...
 > No word if it is crewed, but it is a sensor platform, and they allude that
 > either the sensors (probably) or the blimp design (maybe) had been tested in
 > Iraq and Afghanistan.
 >
 > Information at:
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font</a>>
 >
 > Agency Tests Security Blimp in Washington
 >
 > Wednesday September 29, 2004 6:31 PM
 >
 >
 > WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's a head-turner for a security-nervous city: A large
 > white object was spotted in the skies above the nation's capital in the
 > pre-dawn hours Wednesday.
 >
 > Pentagon police said the Defense Department is testing a security blimp -
 > fully equipped with surveillance cameras. The white blimp was spotted early
 > Wednesday morning hovering at various times over the Pentagon and the U.S.
 > Capitol.
 >
 > The 178-foot-long device, which is expected to remain in the skies until
 > Thursday, is conducting a mission for the Defense Department.
 >
 > Authorities say the airship is equipped with infrared cameras designed to
 > provide real time images to military commanders on the ground. The equipment
 > on the blimp already is being used to protect troops in Afghanistan and
 > Iraq.
 >
 > The Army says the device will make at least one 24-hour flight in the
 > District of Columbia area. It has been in the region since last week, and is
 > also being used for test runs over the U.S. Marine Corps Base in nearby
 > Quantico, Va., and the Chesapeake Bay.

For those who don't believe the Guardian (by the way it seems to be a
passive surveillance device not an ATTACK BLIMP:
Army blimp paraded over D.C.
Developmental surveillance airship could patrol military zones,
officials say.

Associated Press
September 30, 2004

WASHINGTON -- A developmental Army surveillance blimp made an extended
appearance over the nation's capital Wednesday, buzzing over the
Pentagon and other landmarks in what officials said was a
demonstration of a technology that could be used to protect troops.

The 178-foot-long white blimp -- the military prefers to call it an
"airship" -- is equipped with infrared and optical cameras and can
transmit pictures to controllers on the ground. Similar equipment
already is used in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounted on tall towers or
tethered balloons called aerostats, giving security forces a
bird's-eye view of what's happening at the periphery of a military
base or airfield.

Put cameras on blimps, and they can patrol roadways, pipelines and
towns, military officials said. Compared with other military hardware,
blimps are cheap -- running $2 million to $4 million each.

Navy Cmdr. Mike Giauque, a deputy project manager for the surveillance
systems, said they also can take some punishment. Bullets puncturing
the blimp's envelope will not cause a catastrophic deflation or
explosion, because the helium inside is close to normal air pressure.

It will fly out of range of most small arms, Giauque said, and any
militarily useful blimp would have countermeasures against
surface-to-air missiles. However, blimps can be vulnerable to bad
weather, particularly high winds.

Blimps can hover for extended periods of time because they need little
fuel to maneuver. The blimp over Washington was to be aloft for 24
hours.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html" target="_blank">http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html</a>

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"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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 > "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3006.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote in message
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  > > No word if it is crewed, but it is a sensor platform, and they allude
that
  > > either the sensors (probably) or the blimp design (maybe) had been
tested in
  > > Iraq and Afghanistan.
  > >
  > > Information at:
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font</a>>
  > >
  > > Agency Tests Security Blimp in Washington
  > >
  > > Wednesday September 29, 2004 6:31 PM

SNIP

 > For those who don't believe the Guardian (by the way it seems to be a
 > passive surveillance device not an ATTACK BLIMP:
 > Army blimp paraded over D.C.
 > Developmental surveillance airship could patrol military zones,
 > officials say.

I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can be
hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as well
as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire be
laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
aircraft?

I know it sounds morbid, but a blimp-based weapons platform might be the
ultimate ingredient in a long-term Combat Air Patrol.

 > Associated Press
 > September 30, 2004
 >
 > WASHINGTON -- A developmental Army surveillance blimp made an extended
 > appearance over the nation's capital Wednesday, buzzing over the
 > Pentagon and other landmarks in what officials said was a
 > demonstration of a technology that could be used to protect troops.
 >
 > The 178-foot-long white blimp -- the military prefers to call it an
 > "airship" -- is equipped with infrared and optical cameras and can
 > transmit pictures to controllers on the ground. Similar equipment
 > already is used in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounted on tall towers or
 > tethered balloons called aerostats, giving security forces a
 > bird's-eye view of what's happening at the periphery of a military
 > base or airfield.
 >
 > Put cameras on blimps, and they can patrol roadways, pipelines and
 > towns, military officials said. Compared with other military hardware,
 > blimps are cheap -- running $2 million to $4 million each.
 >
 > Navy Cmdr. Mike Giauque, a deputy project manager for the surveillance
 > systems, said they also can take some punishment. Bullets puncturing
 > the blimp's envelope will not cause a catastrophic deflation or
 > explosion, because the helium inside is close to normal air pressure.
 >
 > It will fly out of range of most small arms, Giauque said, and any
 > militarily useful blimp would have countermeasures against
 > surface-to-air missiles. However, blimps can be vulnerable to bad
 > weather, particularly high winds.
 >
 > Blimps can hover for extended periods of time because they need little
 > fuel to maneuver. The blimp over Washington was to be aloft for 24
 > hours.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html</font</a>>
 >
 > No mention of what sort of weather would ground it.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
<David_Powell3006.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote:

snipped
 >I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can be
 >hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as well
 >as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire be
 >laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
 >aircraft?

The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
air-to-air use. One uses the right tool for the job.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-114.htm</a>

Nor is the Maverick.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-mav.html" target="_blank">http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-mav.html</a>


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"Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim gun, and they have not."

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should read Israeli made blimp!

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<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.usidfvets.com" target="_blank">http://www.usidfvets.com</a>

and

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.stopfcc.com" target="_blank">http://www.stopfcc.com</a>


"David E. Powell" <David_Powell3006.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1096507913.hf2fxfGzXM5F+y/g/bw45g@teranews...
 > No word if it is crewed, but it is a sensor platform, and they allude that
 > either the sensors (probably) or the blimp design (maybe) had been tested
in
 > Iraq and Afghanistan.
 >
 > Information at:
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font</a>>
 >
 > Agency Tests Security Blimp in Washington
 >
 > Wednesday September 29, 2004 6:31 PM
 >
 >
 > WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's a head-turner for a security-nervous city: A
large
 > white object was spotted in the skies above the nation's capital in the
 > pre-dawn hours Wednesday.
 >
 > Pentagon police said the Defense Department is testing a security blimp -
 > fully equipped with surveillance cameras. The white blimp was spotted
early
 > Wednesday morning hovering at various times over the Pentagon and the U.S.
 > Capitol.
 >
 > The 178-foot-long device, which is expected to remain in the skies until
 > Thursday, is conducting a mission for the Defense Department.
 >
 > Authorities say the airship is equipped with infrared cameras designed to
 > provide real time images to military commanders on the ground. The
equipment
 > on the blimp already is being used to protect troops in Afghanistan and
 > Iraq.
 >
 > The Army says the device will make at least one 24-hour flight in the
 > District of Columbia area. It has been in the region since last week, and
is
 > also being used for test runs over the U.S. Marine Corps Base in nearby
 > Quantico, Va., and the Chesapeake Bay.
 >
 >
 >
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In message <n3jrl0lbl74kg9fo85dhvk485ln1l1s6c1.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, John A. Stovall
<johnastovall.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> writes
 >On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
 ><David_Powell3006.TakeThisOut@msn.com> wrote:
 >snipped
  >>I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can be
  >>hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as well
  >>as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire be
  >>laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
  >>aircraft?
 >
 >The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
 >air-to-air use.

Depends on the target. Hellfire was considered reasonably credible as an
anti-helicopter weapon and should be adequate against light aircraft.
Air-to-air Maverick is probably too big for the job, though, even if the
guidance would work.

 >One uses the right tool for the job.

One uses what one has available...

--
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

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"Paul J. Adam" <news.DeleteThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1zF3oFBsJAYBFwbt.DeleteThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>...
 > In message <n3jrl0lbl74kg9fo85dhvk485ln1l1s6c1.DeleteThis@4ax.com>, John A. Stovall
 > <johnastovall.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> writes
  > >On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
  > ><David_Powell3006.DeleteThis@msn.com> wrote:
  > >snipped
   > >>I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can be
   > >>hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as well
   > >>as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire be
   > >>laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
   > >>aircraft?
  > >
  > >The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
  > >air-to-air use.
 >
 > Depends on the target. Hellfire was considered reasonably credible as an
 > anti-helicopter weapon and should be adequate against light aircraft.
 > Air-to-air Maverick is probably too big for the job, though, even if the
 > guidance would work.
 >
  > >One uses the right tool for the job.
 >
 > One uses what one has available...

There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft weapon.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthicum.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:7164002b.0410031032.49ad2f25@posting.google.com...
> "Paul J. Adam" <news.RemoveThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:<1zF3oFBsJAYBFwbt.RemoveThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>...
> > In message <n3jrl0lbl74kg9fo85dhvk485ln1l1s6c1.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, John A. Stovall
> > <johnastovall.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> writes
> > >On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
> > ><David_Powell3006.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote:
> > >snipped
> > >>I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can
be
> > >>hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air
as well
> > >>as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire
be
> > >>laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
> > >>aircraft?
> > >
> > >The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
> > >air-to-air use.
> >
> > Depends on the target. Hellfire was considered reasonably credible as an
> > anti-helicopter weapon and should be adequate against light aircraft.
> > Air-to-air Maverick is probably too big for the job, though, even if the
> > guidance would work.
> >
> > >One uses the right tool for the job.
> >
> > One uses what one has available...
>
> There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft weapon.

It isn't, but if that is what you have and a helicopter is hovering nearby
it might do the trick.
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In article <1zF3oFBsJAYBFwbt DeleteThis @jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>, "Paul J. Adam"
<invalid DeleteThis @spamtrap.dev.null> wrote:

 > In message <n3jrl0lbl74kg9fo85dhvk485ln1l1s6c1 DeleteThis @4ax.com>, John A. Stovall
 > <johnastovall DeleteThis @earthlink.net> writes
  > >On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
  > ><David_Powell3006 DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote:
  > >snipped
   > >>I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can
   > >>be
   > >>hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as
   > >>well
   > >>as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire
   > >>be
   > >>laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
   > >>aircraft?
  > >
  > >The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
  > >air-to-air use.
 >
 > Depends on the target. Hellfire was considered reasonably credible as an
 > anti-helicopter weapon and should be adequate against light aircraft.
 > Air-to-air Maverick is probably too big for the job, though, even if the
 > guidance would work.
 >
  > >One uses the right tool for the job.
 >
 > One uses what one has available...


Indeed, if one were trying to deal with something of the mass of an
airliner, the much larger warhead of a Maverick would be more plausible
to break it up. Of course, that would still leave lots of big pieces to
fall somewhere. ISTR some discussion of using it if a plane coming down
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jacklinthicum RemoveThis @earthlink.net (Jack Linthicum) wrote:

:"Paul J. Adam" <news RemoveThis @jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<1zF3oFBsJAYBFwbt RemoveThis @jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>...
:> In message <n3jrl0lbl74kg9fo85dhvk485ln1l1s6c1 RemoveThis @4ax.com>, John A. Stovall
:> <johnastovall RemoveThis @earthlink.net> writes
:> >On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 17:29:13 -0400, "David E. Powell"
:> ><David_Powell3006 RemoveThis @msn.com> wrote:
:> >snipped
:> >>I know. "Attack Blimp" just sounds a lot better. Plus, if missiles can be
:> >>hung on Predator drones, why not airships? One wonders if air to air as well
:> >>as air to ground would have to be provided. Can a Maverick or Hellfire be
:> >>laser or optically guided onto another aircraft, if it is a subsonic
:> >>aircraft?
:> >
:> >The Hellfire is an anti armor weapon and in now way adaptable for
:> >air-to-air use.
:>
:> Depends on the target. Hellfire was considered reasonably credible as an
:> anti-helicopter weapon and should be adequate against light aircraft.
:> Air-to-air Maverick is probably too big for the job, though, even if the
:> guidance would work.
:>
:> >One uses the right tool for the job.
:>
:> One uses what one has available...
:
:There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft weapon.

And lo and behold, it ISN'T.

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territory."
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jacklinthicum.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net (Jack Linthicum) wrote:

 > There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft
 > weapon.

It isn't. The mere fact that it can be used as such doesn't mean it is
a good choice for the task at hand.


Juergen Nieveler
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In message <7164002b.0410031032.49ad2f25.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>, Jack
Linthicum <jacklinthicum.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> writes
 >"Paul J. Adam" <news.DeleteThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
 >news:<1zF3oFBsJAYBFwbt.DeleteThis@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk>...
  >> One uses what one has available...
 >
 >There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft weapon.

Individually, it isn't.

But if you have lots of RPGs and folk to fire them, and you know where
the helicopters will be, and you fire enough shots, then the odds swing
your way...

--
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

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jacklinthicum DeleteThis @earthlink.net (Jack Linthicum) wrote in message news:<7164002b.0409300340.120e63c6 DeleteThis @posting.google.com>...
 > "David E. Powell" <David_Powell3006 DeleteThis @msn.com> wrote in message news:<1096507913.hf2fxfGzXM5F+y/g/bw45g@teranews>...
  > > No word if it is crewed, but it is a sensor platform, and they allude that
  > > either the sensors (probably) or the blimp design (maybe) had been tested in
  > > Iraq and Afghanistan.
  > >
  > > Information at:
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4523231,00.html</font</a>>
  > >
  > > Agency Tests Security Blimp in Washington
  > >
  > > Wednesday September 29, 2004 6:31 PM
  > >
  > >
  > > WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's a head-turner for a security-nervous city: A large
  > > white object was spotted in the skies above the nation's capital in the
  > > pre-dawn hours Wednesday.
  > >
  > > Pentagon police said the Defense Department is testing a security blimp -
  > > fully equipped with surveillance cameras. The white blimp was spotted early
  > > Wednesday morning hovering at various times over the Pentagon and the U.S.
  > > Capitol.
  > >
  > > The 178-foot-long device, which is expected to remain in the skies until
  > > Thursday, is conducting a mission for the Defense Department.
  > >
  > > Authorities say the airship is equipped with infrared cameras designed to
  > > provide real time images to military commanders on the ground. The equipment
  > > on the blimp already is being used to protect troops in Afghanistan and
  > > Iraq.
  > >
  > > The Army says the device will make at least one 24-hour flight in the
  > > District of Columbia area. It has been in the region since last week, and is
  > > also being used for test runs over the U.S. Marine Corps Base in nearby
  > > Quantico, Va., and the Chesapeake Bay.
 >
 > For those who don't believe the Guardian (by the way it seems to be a
 > passive surveillance device not an ATTACK BLIMP:
 > Army blimp paraded over D.C.
 > Developmental surveillance airship could patrol military zones,
 > officials say.
 >
 > Associated Press
 > September 30, 2004
 >
 > WASHINGTON -- A developmental Army surveillance blimp made an extended
 > appearance over the nation's capital Wednesday, buzzing over the
 > Pentagon and other landmarks in what officials said was a
 > demonstration of a technology that could be used to protect troops.
 >
 > The 178-foot-long white blimp -- the military prefers to call it an
 > "airship" -- is equipped with infrared and optical cameras and can
 > transmit pictures to controllers on the ground. Similar equipment
 > already is used in Iraq and Afghanistan, mounted on tall towers or
 > tethered balloons called aerostats, giving security forces a
 > bird's-eye view of what's happening at the periphery of a military
 > base or airfield.
 >
 > Put cameras on blimps, and they can patrol roadways, pipelines and
 > towns, military officials said. Compared with other military hardware,
 > blimps are cheap -- running $2 million to $4 million each.
 >
 > Navy Cmdr. Mike Giauque, a deputy project manager for the surveillance
 > systems, said they also can take some punishment. Bullets puncturing
 > the blimp's envelope will not cause a catastrophic deflation or
 > explosion, because the helium inside is close to normal air pressure.
 >
 > It will fly out of range of most small arms, Giauque said, and any
 > militarily useful blimp would have countermeasures against
 > surface-to-air missiles. However, blimps can be vulnerable to bad
 > weather, particularly high winds.
 >
 > Blimps can hover for extended periods of time because they need little
 > fuel to maneuver. The blimp over Washington was to be aloft for 24
 > hours.
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html</font" target="_blank">http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/182646-5297-P.html</font</a>>
 >
 > No mention of what sort of weather would ground it.


Dear friends,

As soon as i heard about the blimp flying overhead , I put fresh
tinfoil on my old tin foil hat to protect me from the the government
reading my thoughts!
What you do is entirely up to you!

Yours truly,

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"Paul J. Adam" <news.TakeThisOut@jrwlynch.demon.co.uk> wrote:

  >>There are those who thought the RPG-7 was not a good anti-aircraft
  >>weapon.
 >
 > Individually, it isn't.
 >
 > But if you have lots of RPGs and folk to fire them, and you know where
 > the helicopters will be, and you fire enough shots, then the odds
 > swing your way...

Then again, the same applies to trebuchets as well - so they're good
anti-aircraft weapons, too

Juergen Nieveler
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