[Calpernia]

Pro Military News!

Use of airships for homeland defense purposes, McHale explained, is consistent with DoD's charter to provide "the military defense of our nation from attacks that originate from abroad." Testing of prototype dirigibles, he said, demonstrated they "could provide wide area surveillance and communications capabilities."

Private Mail to be added to or removed from the GNFI (or Pro-Coalition) ping list.

[Grut]

Airships are rediscovered almost as often as passenger trains.

[Paleo Conservative]

[cynicom]

This guy is late for the first world war or he is half in the bag.

[frithguild]

McHale pointed out DoD's partner role with the Department of Homeland Security in its mission of protecting the nation against, and preparing for, acts of terrorism. DoD, McHale said, stands ready to "provide assets and capabilities in support of civil authorities, consistent with U.S. law."

Uuuuh...OOOOkaaay!

[RightWhale]

One satellite can do the job of 1000 airships. Airship maintenance won't be cheap, and operations will be expensive. They'll continue prototyping, but there won't ever be any such system.

[Napoleon Solo]

Big deal...we were attacked from within the last time. All the four planes came from our own airspace. Protecting the 500 mile buffer is a great add-on for our defense but we need to stop the threats from within our own borders and get into and break up the sleeper cells which nobody speaks about as if they don't exist.

[IGOTMINE]

What is old is new again. Just like WWII anti-submarine patrols. Not very fast, but a FOREVER loiter time. Probably carry enough creature comforts and a complete sensor suite.

[RightWhale]

There are two years left in this Admin. Millions of illegal aliens, millions of abortions, $ trillions of public debt, bird flu, Katrina, ports under foreign management, $3 gasoline, what is this Homeland Security thing that anybody should care?