NORAD, SMDC cooperate in early stages of high altitude airship effort

NORAD and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command are working closely on the preliminary stages of a program to develop a stratospheric airship that could fly at 70,000 feet for a year with a two-ton payload. The technical challenges are significant and no funding has been allocated, but...

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