Can you imagine the air cover and ground support needed?

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Bowser — 10/7/2006 12:43:20 AM (archived)

You couldn't let a hostile anything within 300 miles.

Might be OK within the continental US, and even then it would be one tempting target. In hostile territory it would need a cloud of choppers and various ground attack and air defence planes.

Sort of like a big, dumb, slow aircraft carrier. What a prize.

On the other hand, with enough gas reserves, an enemy might just shoot it up.

Arf

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US ARMY considers building AIRCRAFT size of Football Field - carl - 10/6/2006 3:58:09 PM
- Orbital Ascendor Airship - FrankC - 10/7/2006 1:40:06 AM
  - The pic - FrankC - 10/7/2006 1:42:53 AM
    - What pushes it to orbit - Adam - 10/7/2006 12:11:16 PM
      - re: What pushes it to orbit - FrankC - 10/8/2006 12:43:12 AM
        
        What I've read... - Adam - 10/8/2006 8:54:45 PM
- Can you imagine the air cover and ground support needed? - Bowser - 10/7/2006 12:43:20 AM
  - Use same LOGIC as AIRCRAFT CARRIERS - carl - 10/7/2006 3:23:30 PM
  - Good point - Tom Brosz - 10/7/2006 2:48:34 AM
    - Bad point - nick hoffman - 10/7/2006 10:27:08 PM
- Flying Casinos with Blade Runner Billboards - Peter Bruener - 10/7/2006 12:29:39 AM
- re: AIRCRAFT size of Football Field - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2006 8:50:31 PM
- Carl, you would be correct to post this on Space.... - FrankC (moderator) - 10/6/2006 4:13:07 PM
  - OK, thanks - carl - 10/6/2006 5:00:51 PM
    - Broader than you might think - FrankC - 10/6/2006 8:11:49 PM
      - Thank you for you insight....... - carl - 10/7/2006 3:19:35 PM
      - Nice summation - Robert - 10/6/2006 8:35:48 PM

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