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According to a summary released by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, the HAA can watch over a circle of countryside 600 miles in diameter. That’s everything between Toledo and New York City. And they want to build 11. With high-res cameras, that could mean constant surveillance of every square inch of American soil.
[Posted By ShiftShapers]Republished from The Athens News
Last week, a fire ignited at the Akron Airdock that once housed a fleet of Goodyear blimps. Firemen rushed to the 211-foot-tall structure and quickly doused the flames. Reporters and photographers descended on the landmark. Many were surprised to learn the blimps were no longer being stored there.
Turns out Lockheed Martin — the company that gave us the Trident intercontinental ballistic missile — was renovating the site for an upcoming project when the fire started. It’s being turned into a hangar for a prototype airship. If you’re frightened of this administration’s habit of spying on American citizens, you may want to stop reading.
The prototype is called the High Altitude Airship, or HAA. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors in Akron won the $40 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to build HAA in 2003. It is essentially another blimp. A giant one. Seventeen times the size of the Goodyear dirigible. It’s designed to float 12 miles above the earth, far above planes and weather systems. It will be powered by solar energy, and will stay in a geocentric orbit for up to a year, undetectable by ground-based radar. You can’t see it from the ground. But it can see…
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Solar powered? ?sounds kinky and European. What happened to the uniquely American 50s era ethos of “soon energy will be too cheap to meter” ?
Yea. maybe they’ll add smoke canisters just for the principle.
The F-4 Phantom, a flying brick with two engines that left phat trails of black smoke, to me, it is a symbol of USA still in her golden years.
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not watching you.
Yeah.
christ…I think “blimp” and “secret” are oxymorons.
It flies super high. You cant see it.
“The Watchmen” is in pre-production as a movie…....another V for Vendetta..?
only thing is, the Director does only action movies – Dawn of the Dead, Rainbow Six, 300, ETC.
could be sick
it’s very interesting how year by year 1984 becomes a more haunting reality
I say we start to mobilize… A national call to arms???
Hell yes. I’m going to get me a lawn chair, 180 helium balloons and a BB gun. I’ll be ready for this blimp.
this thread, lmao… like old times it is…
Although I can’t say for sure I wouldn’t be surprised if this company The Alliance Corporation was either directly or indirectly involved in the development of this gig..
Originally The Hystar Aerospace Corporation it eventually morphed into Alliance…
That pic below.. heh, that’s me flying the contraption at Expo 86 Canada Pavilion in Vancouver. (seriously).
here’s another perspective, taken from where we were positioned.
We were outfitting the thing with cameras and shit even back then. (mid to late 80’s) I worked for them close to 4 years until I told the CEO to shove it up his ass, literally, right in the middle of a board meeting. My beverage glass sailing off into the room during my hasty departure and all. Don’t really remember that part. Co-worker commented on later to me. :p
About 6 months later he called me back. Reluctantly, I did a couple more gigs for him until he couldn’t help himself and started in on his dumbass tactics all over again. I did one last engagement never to return his calls again. I really grew to hate that man. What a total prick. Anyways, thought I’d throw that into the mix.
I hope China shoots it down.
mine’s wrapped in tin foil, so I’m good
Wow, you flew that? I wasn’t even aware a thing like that existed!
in all fairness Foo, that puppy, the one you’re seein was remote. Basically the precursor to manned versions in development at the time. I believe that was the 18 footer. (dia) We had several sizes, the smallest I recall was about 8ft ? in diamater, to the “mothership” heh, which was 22 feet across.