>>84111777The difference between them and a simple flying balloon is that they have lots of these internal gas cells. Not only that but they also have a supportive skeleton so when they are punctured they don't just lose their shape and all the gasses rush out.
Instead the gasses would slowly leak out... and you just patch up the holes. Like how stabbing an orange through with a pencil doesn't cause a cup of orange juice to leak out.
Hell if you were really ballsy you might carry extra gas sacks and replace heavily damaged ones on the fly, like replacing a tire.
