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> Anybody with a rifle can deflate an airship, where as planes can resist these low skill attacks.

This is a complete fabrication

Airhsips bombed London with impunity in WW1, Machinegun fire was useless, they would take many days to deflate through bulletholes. Only after intruduction of incendiary ammunition they became vulnerable.

Modern airships use helium and inflamable materials, so your guy with a rifle is useless.



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