“Marasmic contest of ideas”: The Security Council has offered to spend billions to build airships – Moskovsky Komsomolets

Behind them, as suggested by the author of the idea, academician Nekipelov future transportation Russia

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Russian security Council suggested that the Government consider the idea of ​​creating academic Nekipelova fleet of airships for the creation of transport corridors in Siberia and the Far East. The project is part of a broader plan – forming the “transport and logistics corridors” that would bind the EU and the Asia-Pacific region

airship “Hindenburg” hydrogenated crashed in 1937.

Total project director of the Moscow School of the Moscow State University of Economics Alexander Nekipelova “United Eurasia” As reported by “Kommersant”, requires 220-240 billion. With it, it is planned to develop the logistics and tourism, and to create 7 million jobs, thereby maintaining the population in Siberia, the Arctic and the Far East.

In addition to the airships, the project includes plans to develop the waterway, prefabricated runways and so. d., but is in the concept spelled out in detail only the development of messages using airships.

Read about different idea of ​​academician Nekipelova.

it is assumed that Atlant airships can be used for this purpose, which will connect the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Northern sea route. Their load capacity is up to 16 tons, and range – 2-5 thousand kilometers, the cost of this program should be part of the 3.2 billion rubles

Of these, 800 million are already subsidized, and the project has received grant support “. Skolkovo ».

According to the authors of the project, one airship can replace 5 helicopters Mi-8 and for the year to save $ 8 million due to fuel prices. This airship will lose in speed, but to win in the duty.

Still from TV movie “Hindenburg”, 2011.

Security Council’s letter addressed to the Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, said that the project already supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Academy of Sciences, presidential aide Igor Levitin and other agencies. This academician Nekipelov hopes that it will be used “excessive foreign exchange reserves».

by industry experts, however, point out that the world has never Message airships could not get a commercial return, as an economist, Vyacheslav Inozemtsev and even called the idea “contest marasmic ideas for the prize of the President of Russia».

it should be reminded that the era of airships in the world ended in the late 30s after the explosion of the airship “Hindenburg”. These slow aircraft was replaced by modern aviation.