Some good news for LEMV and HAV, bad news or U.S. taxpayers but that's not really anything new. LEMV has been sold back to HAV for $301,000, literally pennies on the dollar. According to the Army it would have been too expensive to keep LEMV in storage and undoubtedly thanks to the government shutdown the Army decided it would be best to, more or less, just give it away to HAV, who plans to use it for cargo operations in Alaska and Canada.
To me, this is not as bad as it sounds. Sure the US Government has proven to be totally incompetent with Tax Payer money and wasted a huge amount of money on a spy program that never went anywhere. But the government is spending $48 billion a year to protect us from "terrorists" which are less of a threat to your safety in the US then rattle snake bites and lighting strikes.
The truth is these spy programs have nothing to do with spying on "terrorists" and everything to do with suppressing the political uprising against the fascist bankers who have taken over our nation. I think I am going to write about this some more over on my other blog about the end of the Illuminati. This is a big win for freedom and liberty, because now instead of something we spent 300 million on being used ageist us as a weapon in a possible future civil war, it is now going to be used for peaceful cargo operations that I believe one day will help in saving the world from environmental destruction and economic terrorism.
The ability to move cargo is what makes a Hybrid Airship so versatile, it's use as a spy platform is less cost effective then traditional LTA craft. So the fact the LEMV will live on doing what it was born to do, is a good thing. The fact that it was American money that put it in the air, means the good old USA helped to get the 2ed airship revolution started again... although a bit by accident.
There are going to be political problems with getting another airship program started in the United States, as these spy blimp programs will undoubtedly be used as a reason to not pursue any more Hybrid Airship development by the US Government. That being said, LEMV will prove it was a good investment when it proves to be more then capable of delivering cargo in Canada and Alaska. Which may spark more investment by the government and corporations.
This might have been the best thing the US Government ever did to help Airships get off the ground again. We now have a working prototype that will demonstrate the effectiveness of Hybrid Airships, to deliver cargo in some of the most extreme locations. There are literally billions of dollars waiting to be invested into Hybrid Airships by mega corporations that need the logistical capabilities the Hybrid Airship can deliver. Yet, they are unwilling to invest because they are unsure of the technology and they would like to see a working prototype in action before they are willing to invest.
Now we have that prototype, and with it we are paving the way for Airships to rise again.
The future is looking good!
