Re: Not so . . .
<Large black blimps have about a zero percent usefulness to the military.
Granted, they like to draw fire in a hot area, but they are used extensively as unmanned arial observation posts. While they are visible in the daytime, they are very difficult to spot at night, which is when most enemy movements across open terrain occur -- and the starlight cameras come into play.
As seen in the mountains at stratigic points along the U.S.-Mexican border -- and these babies are HUGE,
Dan