A mysterious white blimp over the skies of Kandahar is making locals uneasy.Photograph by: Bruce Ward, Canwest News Service
From Canada.com:
KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan — There's a giant blimp, white with three tail fins, hanging over the city these days and it's causing a stir among Kandaharis who believe the Americans are using it to spy on them.
And it could be they're right.
"Many people believe it's a spy blimp that can see through walls to look at our women," said Ghulam Ghami, a local fixer attuned to the buzz in coffee shops and kebab stands.
While that notion is outlandish, the U.S. is developing a $400-million blimp-like surveillance airship. It is expected to be deployed in Afghanistan by 2011.
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Update: U.S. Army orders more recon blimps -- UPI
My Comment: The technology behind this is incredible. It will provide 24/7 surveillance through the use of human operators and computers .... covering a vast area in the process. I would not be surprise to see more of these blimps in the future, covering even more square footage of territory.