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Balloon launch for Operation Outward. Felixstowe, Suffolk, England

An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. The balloon is carried by the prevailing winds to the target area, where it falls or releases its payload.

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incendiary devices to start fires in fields, forests and heathland. A total of 99,142 Outward balloons were launched; about half carried incendiaries...

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beginning of May 2018, longer range helium filled incendiary balloons, devised from party balloons and condoms, have been used alongside the kites. In...

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was used against non-rigid observation balloons. The British Royal Flying Corps forbade the use of incendiary ammunition for air-to-air combat with another...

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important ingredient for battlefield success. Incendiary balloons also have a long history. The incendiary balloons carry hot air or something that can catch...

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launching incendiary kites and balloons into Israel causing damage to fields and land, during the 2018 Gaza border protests. The group's incendiary balloons are...

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means the Bill will make no further progress.) Balloon-carried light effect Hot air balloon Incendiary balloon Kamifūsen Lantern Paper lantern Tangled (2010...

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result of rocket attacks, mortar strikes, and fires caused by incendiary kites and balloons launched from Gaza Strip. These waves of violence often result...

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staff, T. O. I. "60,000 flock to south where fields torched by incendiary balloons now bloom". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019. Abufarha...

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hydrogen-filled balloon and was first developed in 1950. In the late stages of World War II, Japan employed thousands of incendiary and antipersonnel...

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forces besieging Venice attempted to launch some 200 incendiary balloons at the besieged city. The balloons were launched mainly from land; however, some were...

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to distinguish between these different threats.[citation needed] Incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip were used to burn down approximately 2,260 acres...

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