tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post6656968151270177445..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: A Cool Bit Of History Found In British ColumbiaJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-35529421641055699452014-10-20T03:37:17.437-04:002014-10-20T03:37:17.437-04:00The purpose of the balloon bombs was not to attack...The purpose of the balloon bombs was not to attack cities, but to start fires in forests which the Japanese considered to be supplying vital war materiel. They didn't work very well for the simple reason that the season when the winds are most favourable for the Pacific crossing is the rainy season in those forests.publiushttp://www.lunarcc.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-58494011825176721562014-10-14T13:09:40.572-04:002014-10-14T13:09:40.572-04:00Interesting concept. I wonder if DARPA has given a...Interesting concept. I wonder if DARPA has given any funding for this.John Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-2221187486775075712014-10-14T08:03:57.551-04:002014-10-14T08:03:57.551-04:00Funny thing: Those bombs were a failure because t...Funny thing: Those bombs were a failure because the Japanese had no way of controlling where they would come down. Today, all you'd have to do is put a GPS on them and a small computer loaded with the center points of all the major cities, and just program it to drop them when it was within 5 or so of any coordinate in the list. Combine that capability with the ability to have them go to heights of 100,000+ feet, and you'd have a hard weapon to defend against. Hard to spot on radar (if built properly), hard to see, and hard to shoot down. <br /><br />But you didn't hear that from me ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-59640953496393788442014-10-14T01:14:59.159-04:002014-10-14T01:14:59.159-04:00I did read another history about those type of bom...I did read another history about those type of bombs, Japan had made a lot more of those bombs, Due to the suppression of news at that time the Japanese never launched the rest of them.stepinithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08106295322129676644noreply@blogger.com