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SeanP said
Japanese did this back in the day...
Site of a Japanese Balloon bomb Explosion
Dundee Neighborhood
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
IN THE CLOSING MONTHS OF World War II, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded in the quiet of the evening sky in the Dundee neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. These so-called “fire balloons” were filled with hydrogen and carrying bombs varying from 11 to 33 pounds, and were part of an experimental Japanese military offensive.
The bomb that exploded in Omaha on April 18, 1945, was one of more than 9,000 balloons launched during a six-month period at the end of the war, and one of the nearly 300 that were found or observed in the United States.
These experimental weapons brought the Second World War closer to home than most Americans realized. But the Dundee explosion, and the larger plan it was a part of, are one of the many little-known incidents marking our time at war.
Few people knew a bomb had gone off. Some saw a flash of light and others heard noises they thought were fireworks. But by the next morning, nearly everyone in the neighborhood knew something had happened. Some residents heard the explosion and several others saw it flash as it ignited, according to newspaper reports at the time. One witness described “a ring of fire” in the sky. The plaque commemorating the incident notes: “the incendiary device flared brightly in the night, but caused no damage.”
Japanese military leaders deployed these balloon bombs with the hopes of creating panic and widespread media attention, which would allow them to chart courses for future attacks. There were a few reports of explosions published in various outlets, however the U.S. Office of Censorship—a wartime agency set up to censor communications coming in or out of the U.S.—sent messages to all media outlets asking them not to publish news of the balloon bombs. The Dundee explosion, as well as several others, was not reported until after the war had ended.
Beyond Nebraska, Japanese balloon bombs were dropped in 26 other states and Mexico. Most of the attacks caused no severe damage or injuries, but one explosion in Oregon two weeks after Dundee resulted in the deaths of a woman and five children when they discovered an unexploded bomb in the woods. Remains of the fire balloons continued to be found after the war, with the most recent discovery made in 2014 in Canada.
Know Before You Go
The plaque is publicly accessible, mounted to the outside wall of a commercial building on the south side of the street.
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c'mon man. the u.s. is clearly done with advancing china as it has since the 90s so they're going to air out all of china's dirty laundry and entrench global opinion to see china for what it truly is instead of making excuses for them anymore because they were a convenient economic partner. china's future capacity to be an economic partner is dwindling rapidly so the u.s. is discarding that protection of them. china is responding in kind by trying to act like they can be just as big and bad as big brother. they can't, but they're going to try and this just happens to be one of their act outs to puff out their chest. non-issue in the bigger picture of things. they're up to far more nefarious things than a fu*king spy balloon over a transparent society like america who airs their own dirty laundry out for everyone to see.
my black skin makes me non American? Did my ancestors not build this country, do my tax dollars not fund this country, and this being the only land I know makes me non American?
Hell naw don’t shoot it down…
