Re:World War II Taught us: (Score 1)

The military is using a bunch of blimps (airships) right now. They use them on a tether as a mobile surveillance tower. It's a lot cheaper and faster than putting up a tower when they have to be moved from place to place. I read the article and went to the website but didn't find any info on the capacity of the blimp. I'm pretty sure that they would never replace truck/trailor as a shipping option. It has been my experience that the price per pound of payload is very expensive and limited and it takes enormous ground resources. It sounds like that half a million they invested will vanish in thin air (pun intended)