Incendiary balloon
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An incendiary balloon is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. The balloon is carried b
Japanese Fu-Go balloon bombs were deployed during World War II
Balloon launch for Operation Outward. Felixstowe, Suffolk, England
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Fu-Go balloon bomb
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Fu-Go was an incendiary balloon weapon deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. It consisted of a hydrogen-filled paper balloon 33 feet in diameter, with a payload of four 11-p
Incendiary balloon
…wires to damage high voltage lines. During the period of 1944-1945, in the midst of World War II, Japan initiated the launch of approximately 9,300 Fu-Go balloon bombs targeted at North America. These balloons, with a diameter of 10 meters (33 feet), were filled with hydrogen and typically transported one bomb weighing…
Fu-Go carriage, with labeled ring, electrical circuits, fuses, ballast, and bombs
Top view of carriage assembly, with control device removed
Altitude control device, with central master aneroid barometer and backups