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In reply to the discussion: That fucking blimp cost 1.4b dollars. [View all]PosterChild
(1,307 posts).... yes, of course it's perfectly justified. Because it isn't damn useless war shit - it's extremely USEFUL war shit
The pupose of the program is to protect against cruise missles. Criuse missles are hard to detect and target because they hug the terrain and can't be easily detected by a ground based radar. That's why criuse missles are used to take out antiaircraft installations in the early phase of a military operation - they help to establish air superiority.
So the problem is to get the anti missle radar up off the ground and looking down on the cruise missle. This will allow it to be detected and targeted. Prima facia an aerostat is an excellent choice for this sort of elevated platform.
Criuse missles have been a stratigic advantage for our country for some time, but others are developing and beginning to deploy that technology and we should have an effective defense for our anti aircraft capabilities.