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Amazon files patent for 'Death Star' flying warehouse

veti Silver badge

Re: Lies and statistics

About the same time as the Hindenberg, the US navy was experimenting with airships (google "Akron class") that carried 60 crew, 8 machine guns, plus five aircraft weighing about a tonne each. And, presumably, it must've also carried fuel, arms and ammo for the aircraft. It's not huge, but it's considerably bigger than any truck I've ever seen.

And there's a possibility that technology may have advanced in the 80-odd years since then, and Amazon's version could be considerably larger still.

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