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Old 01-16-2011, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by David198502 View Post
hey guys!this is maybe a bit off topic and a stupid question,but i dont want to open a new thread because this is certainly answered in one sentence. i always wondered for which reason the balloons are for?what do they do??you are all encouraged to laugh about that lack of knowledge.and excuse my bad english.
The balloons are tethered by steel cables and placed on the approaches to important targets, with the intention of interfering with bombers and spoiling their bombing runs.
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