This is Old Hat. The Japanese in World War II sent balloons adrift across the Pacific with the objective of starting forest fires in the U.S. Pacific coast forests. They achieved some fires (I think in Oregon), but the program was essentially ineffective.
This is Old Hat. The Japanese in World War II sent balloons adrift across the Pacific with the objective of starting forest fires in the U.S. Pacific coast forests. They achieved some fires (I think in Oregon), but the program was essentially ineffective.