Except that one weapon the militants had plenty of were stingers.
Read above. Stingers.
Well, yes, the military. Insurgents usually lack those.
Except that one weapon the militants had plenty of were stingers.
Read above. Stingers.
Er, not all of them. The S-IVB was transported by Super Guppies from California to Florida, while the Soviets used modified M-4 bombers, the VM-T aircraft, to transport rocket components to Baikonur for their Buran program. Super Guppies and other specialized oversized aircraft (e.g., the An-225 (also built for the Buran program), the "Beluga" A-300, or the Dreamlifter) have also been used to transport aircraft components, which are also frequently oversized. There have been proposals for similar or even larger aircraft in more ordinary transport roles, but they generally haven't been very successful.Try to find a plane to transport something very bulky; you won't find it. As an example, rockets stages are transported by road/railway if not too big, by barge otherwise.
I was thinking about the Falkland bombings. With the airstrip out of service and no way to bring in heavy equipment to repair it, the argentines were toast. With one or more airships to bring in personnel, heavy machinery and materials, they could have restored the airstrip in days at most and, from then on, with everything in place, be able to repair possible further damages in hours.
Except that airships have the equally awkward 'landing site' issues, ie, finding somewhere to touch down a 150+m airship safely. Also, wind (especially headwinds) will affect your schedule quite a bit.
Uh, no they don't, 'cause of black market arms dealers. Hells, I suspect some of the weapons used against the Americans in Afghanistan were the very weapons they'd supplied the Taliban to fight the Soviets.Well, yes, the military. Insurgents usually lack those.
Helps, but it's not quite a continual run is it?M79 that sounds amazing !You think there are enough people in the site to get the money to do this
Be pretty cool if you could float over the Serengeti and watch lions and gazelle engaged in a struggle for survival .Plus all the continents are amazing from the air .Once you get up to two thousand meters even a busy city seems serene and calm .
Depends what altitude. I don't see airships getting much above 4 km, they could do it, but they'd be rather uneconomic I suspect.And most people underestimate the wind speed at high altitude.
It's not as if a blimp can evade radar like a plane can.