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To: Frederick Langford who wrote (11766)11/27/2001 11:13:56 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Respond to of 281500
 
There were several designs for a long thin balloon, something like a weather balloon, with lines and arrows indicating a suggested height of 10km (33,000 feet).

Anyone remember the Japanese "balloon bombs" of WWII??

They originally carried incendiary bombs across the pacific, but were being contemplated as delivery devices for biological weapons.

Hawk