Now I’m not saying the Navy’s new spherical test blimps look like giant, fake space breasts — just because there’s a circle within a circle and a little nipple-looking bit doesn’t mean I’d be that crass — but it does look an awful lot like a peering eye, which I guess would be more in theme, considering the Navy intends to use the new SA-60 blimps as mobile observation posts. And there’s even a good reason for the ball-like shape — the SA-60 can approach altitudes of up to 22,000 feet, almost four times as high as traditional cigar-shaped airships can fly. While the current version is piloted, future iterations will be unmanned to allow for flights of up to two days straight.
Read – BLIMPBALL IN NAVY TESTS [DefenseTech]
