Full length view from slightly below of Japanese bomb-carrying balloon.
Credit: unknown (Smithsonian Institution)
A Japanese balloon bomb. High jet stream winds carried it to the USA during World War II. Each balloon was armed with a 15 kg bomb and two incendiary bombs. Due to the range the balloon bombs is called the first intercontinental weapon
Source: Tanglen, Larry: ”Terror Floated over Montana. Japanese World War II Balloon Bombs, 1944-1945.” Montana, The Magazine of Western History. Vol. 52, Number 4 (Winter 2002). Pp. 76-79.
Dansk: Japansk ballonbombe sendt med høje jetstrømme mod USA under 2. verdenskrig. Ballonen var lavet af flere lag sammenklistret papir af morbærtræ. Den bar en 15 kg bombe samt to brandbomber. Ballonbomberne er kaldt det første interkontinentale våben.
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