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Foreign News
July 25, 1945
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Moscow's Red Star reports Japanese agency Domei claiming imminent use of high-altitude suicide-piloted balloons to bomb the US across the Pacific in over 100 hours, amid reviews of Allied air attacks on Japanese cities.
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WOW! JUST SEE WHAT IS COMING
Japan to Direct Balloons, with Suicide Pilots, to Bomb U. S.
MOSCOW, July 25—The Japanese news agency Domei was quoted in Red Star today as saying that Japan soon would direct balloons piloted by suicide fliers across the Pacific to bomb the United States.
Domei said these devices, flying at a height of more than 50,000 feet, would reach the United States in a little more than 100 hours, Red Star reported.
Red Star writer M. Markov quoted the Domei threat in a review of the Pacific war that gave Soviet readers the best account they have read yet of the attack on Japan's industrial cities by American and British airmen.
Japan to Direct Balloons, with Suicide Pilots, to Bomb U. S.
MOSCOW, July 25—The Japanese news agency Domei was quoted in Red Star today as saying that Japan soon would direct balloons piloted by suicide fliers across the Pacific to bomb the United States.
Domei said these devices, flying at a height of more than 50,000 feet, would reach the United States in a little more than 100 hours, Red Star reported.
Red Star writer M. Markov quoted the Domei threat in a review of the Pacific war that gave Soviet readers the best account they have read yet of the attack on Japan's industrial cities by American and British airmen.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Report
Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
Japan Balloon Bombs
Suicide Pilots
Pacific War
Domei Agency
Red Star Report
What entities or persons were involved?
M. Markov
Where did it happen?
Pacific
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Pacific
Event Date
July 25
Key Persons
M. Markov
Event Details
Japanese news agency Domei, quoted in Soviet Red Star, announced Japan would soon launch balloons piloted by suicide fliers at over 50,000 feet to cross the Pacific and bomb the United States in more than 100 hours. This was part of a review of the Pacific war detailing American and British air attacks on Japanese industrial cities.