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A leading Russian aviation expert has pushed for developing airships for transport, military, and tourism purposes, pointing to their claimed operational and cost advantages.
Sergei Bendin, editor-in-chief of the Aeronautics Bulletin magazine and the acting head of the Moscow branch of the aeronautics commission of the Russian Geographical Society, points to aerostats’ utility in war, where they can provide permanent airborne radar and surveillance coverage and be made part of an integrated air defense network.
Aerostats are a form of airship tethered to the ground and do not have a propeller or an engine for aerial mobility.
The EurAsian Times had previously touched upon the utility of airships for the military situations of Russia and China. A section of experts has also long pointed to how the pre-World Wars era aircraft are not an antiquated system as they offer significant technical and logistical solutions for today’s transportation problems.
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