datelmd5sum,

Who could’ve known blimps weren’t nuke-proof? They seem so rigid.

KnightontheSun,

It looks like it could be an album cover from Led Zeppelin.

HubertManne,
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can someone give context. this seems like bs.

Catoblepas,

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NTS_-_Plumbob_-_Stokes_test_with_Goodyear_ZSG-3_blimp.jpg It was an unmanned blimp flown near a test site to see what would happen, basically.

Linkerbaan,
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Who approves the budget for these crazy ideas instead of just testing them on a small scale?

“Hey what would happen if we nuked a high speed train? Only one way to find out!”

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