Joshua Bell wrote:
> John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >during the Second World War (actually the 1939-1945 European War) unmanned
> >tethered balloons (aka Barrage Balloons) were used to cover important
> >targets in
> >Britain.
>
> Ooooh, I forgot about these:
>
> During WW2, Japanese forces launched thousands of automated balloon bombs
> across the Pacific, "aimed" at the US mainland using a timing device to
> control ballast.
>
> A few links:
>
> http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/jbb.htm
> http://aviation-history.com/garber/vg-bldg/balloon_f.html
>
> Joshua
>
yeah, i forgot about those too.
john
