ICBM cruise missiles, huh? Riiiiiiight.
Well it can also be used to look down at the priso... er, population, during... er, emergencies. That's it - emergencies.
For the children.
Seems the emperor is afraid someone inside the US will nuke him, the blimps aren’t needed for mirv vehicles like our real nuclear enemies use. And we thought having a food taster was paranoid lolol.
“Yep, that’s an incoming IC.....bzzzt....boom!!”
Simply brilliant plan.
It is my understanding they are primarily intended to spot cruise missiles. I wonder what their angle/field of view is though? If they look out to and even slightly above the horizon they could see sub-launched ICBMs I guess...
But with all that ability to detect and track a low flying cruise missile amid all that background clutter... I wonder how good their detection, clutter rejection, resolution, and moving target tracking is? Could they track regular ground vehicles too? People?