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The Japanese Navy had similar ideas [1] in WWII. The plan was to sail undetected to near the west coast, launch the planes, and drop some biological weapon. Bas
by yangl1996 6y ago
The Japanese Navy had similar ideas [1] in WWII. The plan was to sail undetected to near the west coast, launch the planes, and drop some biological weapon. Basically the predecessor of today's missile-carrying submarines.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400-class_submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400-class_submarine
- gerdesj 6y agoRead the article, specifically the section headed: "Earlier aircraft carrying submarines".
- Y_Y 6y ago> "Some biological weapon" It was a box of plague fleas. See also: Operation Cherry Blossom at Night
- rozab 6y agoHere's a good video on these from Mustard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxyk84t4Q8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxyk84t4Q8w They have loads of content on weird military hardware like this.
- redis_mlc 6y agoThe Japanese used balloons that drifted into the US West Coast with incendiary devices, killing at least 6 Americans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon-bomb-killed-six-americansfive-them-children-oregon-180972259/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon... They used various payloads in China, including fleas carrying anthrax and bubonic plague http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/19/content_32187279.htm http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-09/19/content_321872...