RE: Slow planes was: Battle blimps

G'day,

> In a WW-I setting they can outclimb the fighters of the day but
> in any later setting they are not viable in a combat
> zone that has other air assets.

OK dumb question time. Seeings as we can make cockpits (and thus
gondolas)
pressurised wouldn't they still have this ability or does the gas
pressure
thing become too much of a problem at really high altitudes?

So you could (may be) imagine a situation where they sit WAY up. Lase
the
targets for themselves (if satellites can identify spots, I'd say a
blimp
could use the same tech) and then just drop their bomb load methodically
(a
load potentially much larger than that of a bomber given the weights
they
can carry). They don't have to worry about scooting back to base so
often or
so fast as they can just sit up there.

On a recon footing you could take the step further and say with the
remote
guidance tech used in that pilotless plane they could stay up there a
LONG
time just watching. Then again satellite coverage may make that a bit
redundant.

Cheers

Beth