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    250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011

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    Image of SNForrester SNForrester
    09/24/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Where am I? Gizmodo or io9? That's so cool.
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Finally something that makes we want to serve my country.
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    Image of Hilo Hilo
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    There's like an adult back, it's someone has zero defends my sense an adult back, it's like and no air play, it just offense an adult hitting fundamentally unfair about should I cheer for rockets to him?

    There's someone has zero defense or rockets to hitting someone from 2000 feet with a huge cannon when that someone from 20000 feet with a kid, yeah he'll with a kid, yeah he'll with a huge cannon when that should I cheer force or hit back, it
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    Geisrud promoted this comment Edited by Hilo at 09/23/09 5:31 PM Hilo was starred Hilo was unstarred
    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    09/23/09

    @Hilo: WTF?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    09/23/09

    @squishyalt: You wouldn't cheer for rockets to him?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/23/09

    @squishyalt: are you kidding me? That was comment of the day material right there.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    09/23/09

    @Geisrud: I don't understand. What was he trying to say?
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    09/23/09

    @Hilo: cheer my friend, it can has rockets.

    he shoot kid rockets for air play, my sense adult back. then my adult lump, checking you see my sugar lumps.
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    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    09/23/09

    @Gann: Dude, that comment actually made me dizzy.

    I didn't know if it was vertigo or someone hitting me with a kid from 20,000 feet.
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    Image of jonesy08 jonesy08
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    This is a waste of money. If we ever get into a conflict with a nation that has any form of anti-air system this thing is going down hard.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/23/09

    @jonesy08: It would be best deployed over populations that don't have an airforce capable of defeating ours. That's everyone. It would also be handy flying over our own cities. I'm buying a tinfoil hat now thanks.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    *** DUSTY SHAKES HEAD ***

    They shoulda used the Airwolf theme song.
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    The Lab promoted this comment Edited by DustyButt™ at 09/23/09 4:59 PM DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Ketchup? Mustard?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    I wonder how long till someone says that it will just take a rifle and/or RPG to shoot it down.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard: -1 minute.

    ohmetimothy: "Seriously how hard would it be to shoot this thing down? Can an RPG go to 20,000 feet?"
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    GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard promoted this comment Edited by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: at 09/23/09 4:48 PM PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard: Best large-caliber sniper rifle is effective up to 1.5 miles. To take down this thing, you'd need an 88mm. Not even a Stinger missile will fly that high.

    BTW, the hit probability of an RPG decreases dramatically as distance increases... at 300m it only has < 30% chance to hit, I think...
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    09/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Damn, I took my time writing and also was looking up the ranges of a few hand held SAM systems. Damn my fact checking!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Hey, how did those hydralisks shoot down my Battlecruisers in StarCraft? They were spitting acid.
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    Image of ohmetimothy ohmetimothy
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Seriously how hard would it be to shoot this thing down? Can an RPG go to 20,000 feet?
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    09/23/09

    @ohmetimothy: If you think 3,000 ft is close enough..
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    Image of ohmetimothy ohmetimothy
    09/23/09

    @ripfire: ok so I guess its good to go then! Like shooting bottle rockets at a hot air balloon.
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    Image of kevinyung89 kevinyung89
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    The music was just too exciting for the boring video.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/23/09

    @kevinyung89: Indeed, as I was watching I was thinking that video could be easily very comical with a music change.
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    Image of mrobin604 mrobin604
    09/24/09

    @Geisrud: what, like this? [is.gd]
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/24/09

    @mrobin604: spot on. thanks
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    04/24/09

    In reply to Combat-Ready High-Powered Microwave E-Bomb In Testing
    Can you imagine what would happen if they tested this in a corn field?
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    04/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: or if a terrorist/enemy country got a hold of this then drilled under Washington DC and set it off...

    o_O bad news bears
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    Image of Software_Goddess Software_Goddess
    04/24/09

    @RT100 . ҉ . PSU: They could rename it the Obama Bomb.
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    04/24/09

    @Software_Goddess: Obomba.
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    12/06/08

    In reply to Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
    Hey I still love watching Heroes! They had Seth Green on last week...red-heads *swoon*
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    12/05/08

    In reply to Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
    There are plenty of good TV shows on in Japan.
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/05/08

    In reply to Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
    All our TV shows lose a day when they travel to Asia, but they gain a day on the way back over so no biggie.
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    Image of wesrubix wesrubix
    12/05/08

    In reply to Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
    Um, they're not allowing time-shifting at whim because each server is probably re-broadcasted throughout the base one channel at a time. So that's one video stream across the base for multiple viewers who don't want to fight about rewatching or skipping something... c'mon. Think a little more.
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    12/05/08

    @wesrubix:
    ATTENTION: WHOEVER THE ASSHOLE IS WHO KEEPS FAST FORWARDING THROUGH THE SHAMWOW COMMERCIALS... CEASE AND DESIST.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    12/05/08

    In reply to Army Using TiVo Tech for the Most Un-TiVo of Purposes
    Eh, so this is a complaint about the military doing something its own way, which is pretty much what they've always been doing. May not be the "best" way, but it provides a social occasion where people can gather at a common time to watch a show.
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    12/05/08

    @Lite: And that time together is how the military builds unit cohesion. You eat, drink, sleep, sh*t with your buddies 24/7. So that when they're not around, you feel out of place and detached.
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