Japan used fire bomb balloons in WW2 - 9000 launched only a few hundred made it

Jan 8, 2025
5:21:46pm

jrifkin48 All-American

They weren't that effective due to an unusually wet winter that year.

How Japan’s fire balloons took the second world war to American soil

The only second world war deaths from enemy action on American continental soil were victims of a balloon bomb, Japan’s desperate attempt to avenge US air raids

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/30/japan-secret-weapon-balloon-bomb-world-war-oregon

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jrifkin48

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Scary that terrorists could us these winds to just wreck CA.

cougar95

Jan 8, 5:01pm

Decades of bad leadership, policy, and poor planning coming to fruition.

Shore10

Jan 8, 5:05pm

They could, but I don't know if it is their MO.

Carnac

Jan 8, 5:06pm

Yeah, I sure hope they don't. Could you imagine 40-50 fires set just

cougar95

Jan 8, 5:09pm

May not be their MO, but certainly encouraged by terrorist organizations to pursue it. From DNI

SierraCoug

Jan 8, 5:22pm

Japan tried it in WW2

crimedog

Jan 8, 5:21pm

Japan used fire bomb balloons in WW2 - 9000 launched only a few hundred made it

jrifkin48

Jan 8, 5:21pm

Tough but fair review of California leadership

Longseason

Jan 8, 7:08pm

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