Current and Potential Applications of Chinese Aerostats (Airships)

Benson Chen, Mark Miller, Joseph Burke, and Kathy Lindahl | National Air and Space Intelligence Center | 2010-03-23

This National Air and Space Intelligence Center report covers China's interest in the use of airships -- balloons, blimps and various other lighter-than-air aircraft. These "airships" have various applicatioons from disaster relief to remote construction. This report particularly focuses on the possible military applications of these already widely used aircraft within China.