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Definition of Balloon bomb
1. Noun. A bomb carried by a balloon. "In World War II the Japanese launched balloon bombs against North America"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balloon Bomb
Literary usage of Balloon bomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerial Navigation, Held in (1894)
"This balloon bomb was exploded by a hand dynamo while I lay flat upon my back
... 1 conclude with one account of a balloon bomb explosion reported by one of ..."
2. The Revenge of the Melians: Asymmetric Threats & the Next QDR by Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. (2001)
"30 Robert Mikesh, Japan's World War II balloon bomb Attacks on North
America (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973). ..."
3. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1917)
"... both ancient and modern, whether the medium employed be a carrier pigeon, a
balloon bomb with its concealed letter, or the wireless telephone. ..."
4. The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by James McAndrew, United States Dept. of the Air Force (1995)
"Plans are to put up Smith balloon with GM ? plasties + simple met balloon sonobuoy
+ balloon bomb. July 7 (Mon) Alamogordo ..."
5. With Courage: The U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II by John F. Shiner, George M. Watson, Bernard C. Nalty, Alfred M. Beck (1994)
"Mikesh, Robert C. Japan's World War II balloon bomb Attack on North America,
Smithsonian Annals of Flight No. 9, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, ..."
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