redbull
September 9th, 2004, 05:20 AM
Project Ghetto-FUGO (aka The Windship Weapon.)
This post is abour covering project FUGO and how to improve
upon and make your own "ghetto" air weapon from junk lying
around your house for $10. Having a UFO with a high tech death
ray isnt exaxtly pratical for all of us... BUT... you can have
a real implement of arson or a nifty fake radiological and
or chemical weapon delivery system.
MMMM random...., Embrace Randomness
- HISTORY -
Back in WWII japan decided it would be cool to use baloons to
drop explosive and or incindary devices in the United States.
- FAST FACTS -
"Only six persons were known to have been killed by such bombs,
while many fires were started in the forests of the Northwest.
However, little was accomplished from the Japanese point of
view in return for the estimated two million dollars required
for their construction and launching."
The Army Type “A” balloon bomb was ten meters in size. It
weighed 152 pounds and had a volume of 19,000 cubic feet.
9,000 Type A baloons were manufactued and 6,000 were actually
launched. (Baloons were made from paper products and waterproofed)
The baloons were filled with Hydrogen gas.
The payload was a bomb with a 33-lb. HE, Anti Personnel with a
point-detonating fuse. Some balloons carried a 26 lb. or
smaller incendiary bomb to start fires.
The type “A” balloons also had small thermite charges to
destroy the instruments and a smaller charge of magnesium
powder to destroy the balloon on landing.
West Coast fighter aircraft units were tasked to shoot down
these balloon bombs with limited success.
Press reports from large newspapers and the wire services were
suppressed to keep the Japanese from knowing of any successful
landings.
"The Navy people needed to inspect and make sure there were no
radiological, biological, or chemical contaminants before anything
could be handled or moved. " - Park Ranger / Wittness
When they worked as intended, they exploded in the air and we
found pieces of this type of paper from other balloons
scattered over some of the forest and rangeland areas in both
Klamath and Lake County. The bits of paper from these other
balloons were mostly hand size and smaller.
---------------------------------------------
Ok, lessons learned from history...
1 Starting fires is easy, blowing people up is hard.
2 If you want the attacks to be successful, make sure your vehicle is cheap.
3 Baloons are inherently difficult to shoot down.
---------------------------------------------
ANALYSIS of Project FUGO
Ok, the Japs spent WAY too much money (2 Million bucks) and
that was a big reason for scrapping the whole project. Now
since we dont have to move this baloon so far... we could make
it smaller & cheaper; now that the device is small and cheap
we can have lots of these devices.
Most of the baloons landed in forest areas. Most of the damage
done by the project was from incindaries. For their weight
and volume, incindaries have the POTENTIAL to be much more
destructive than an explosive device. Large forest fires are
set by careless people with cigarettes. Incindaries are even
within the technical capabilities of the dumbest kewl.
Incindatry payloads can have the wonderful advantage of being
"storebought".
The Japs dropped a single device, this was a mistake. We want
to maximise the potential for starting a self sustaining
fire so we will use an "incindary cluster bomb". The seeds
of forest fires can be spread quickly, in quantity, far and
wide.
Using hydrogen gas was a great idea, as well as self
destructing baloons.
OTC Fire Bug Baloon Concept
Have one or more commercially purchaced laytex baloons filled
with hydrogen gas. Have visco fuse inside the baloon and out
the opening, the opening is then sealed by twisting and tying
a knot. The payload consists of flammable pellets
(as many Magnesium and or road flare chunks as the baloon
can support). A delay is inserted into the payload.
A chemical delay will be the cheapest and inserts an element
of uncertanty in the timing. (useful for making it harder to
track the release location by studying wind patterns).
When the delay sets the payload off, the laytex membrane
(another baloon) is burned and releases the payload.
(For now Mg and roadflare chunks) The burning payload causes
the visco fuse to catch fire before falling toward the ground.
The visco fuse burns into the baloon and causes the hydrogen
filled baloon to explode, resulting in a flash and bang, along
with the conveniant destruction of evidence.
I havent even attempted any calculations on how much gas is
needed or how many baloons are needed to support a decent
payload. (Im expecting members to comment on it first ;) )
Umm for the delay we might go with a simple sulfuric acid
delay but I'll worry about that later... does this idea
sound like a winner?
After it catches on that baloons are being used for this
purpose you can have some real fun.. leave some Americum
(a radioactive alpha emitter found in smoke detectors) in
a "dud payload" or leave the residue behind so that big
brother can get a positive result for a radioactive material.
Alternatively, traces of a persistant chemical agent can cause
concern. Ex. Sulfur Mustard... Since you're only using
traces, costs can be held LOW and the terror factor will be
high as soon as the media hears NBC agents are being randomly
distributed in unknown amounts in random places.
Random things to make this all cheaper / OTC :
** Make hydrogen gas via the classic NaOH water + Al foil
experiment we all remember so well from High School. **
Black powder coated string instead of visco fuse.
This post is abour covering project FUGO and how to improve
upon and make your own "ghetto" air weapon from junk lying
around your house for $10. Having a UFO with a high tech death
ray isnt exaxtly pratical for all of us... BUT... you can have
a real implement of arson or a nifty fake radiological and
or chemical weapon delivery system.
MMMM random...., Embrace Randomness
- HISTORY -
Back in WWII japan decided it would be cool to use baloons to
drop explosive and or incindary devices in the United States.
- FAST FACTS -
"Only six persons were known to have been killed by such bombs,
while many fires were started in the forests of the Northwest.
However, little was accomplished from the Japanese point of
view in return for the estimated two million dollars required
for their construction and launching."
The Army Type “A” balloon bomb was ten meters in size. It
weighed 152 pounds and had a volume of 19,000 cubic feet.
9,000 Type A baloons were manufactued and 6,000 were actually
launched. (Baloons were made from paper products and waterproofed)
The baloons were filled with Hydrogen gas.
The payload was a bomb with a 33-lb. HE, Anti Personnel with a
point-detonating fuse. Some balloons carried a 26 lb. or
smaller incendiary bomb to start fires.
The type “A” balloons also had small thermite charges to
destroy the instruments and a smaller charge of magnesium
powder to destroy the balloon on landing.
West Coast fighter aircraft units were tasked to shoot down
these balloon bombs with limited success.
Press reports from large newspapers and the wire services were
suppressed to keep the Japanese from knowing of any successful
landings.
"The Navy people needed to inspect and make sure there were no
radiological, biological, or chemical contaminants before anything
could be handled or moved. " - Park Ranger / Wittness
When they worked as intended, they exploded in the air and we
found pieces of this type of paper from other balloons
scattered over some of the forest and rangeland areas in both
Klamath and Lake County. The bits of paper from these other
balloons were mostly hand size and smaller.
---------------------------------------------
Ok, lessons learned from history...
1 Starting fires is easy, blowing people up is hard.
2 If you want the attacks to be successful, make sure your vehicle is cheap.
3 Baloons are inherently difficult to shoot down.
---------------------------------------------
ANALYSIS of Project FUGO
Ok, the Japs spent WAY too much money (2 Million bucks) and
that was a big reason for scrapping the whole project. Now
since we dont have to move this baloon so far... we could make
it smaller & cheaper; now that the device is small and cheap
we can have lots of these devices.
Most of the baloons landed in forest areas. Most of the damage
done by the project was from incindaries. For their weight
and volume, incindaries have the POTENTIAL to be much more
destructive than an explosive device. Large forest fires are
set by careless people with cigarettes. Incindaries are even
within the technical capabilities of the dumbest kewl.
Incindatry payloads can have the wonderful advantage of being
"storebought".
The Japs dropped a single device, this was a mistake. We want
to maximise the potential for starting a self sustaining
fire so we will use an "incindary cluster bomb". The seeds
of forest fires can be spread quickly, in quantity, far and
wide.
Using hydrogen gas was a great idea, as well as self
destructing baloons.
OTC Fire Bug Baloon Concept
Have one or more commercially purchaced laytex baloons filled
with hydrogen gas. Have visco fuse inside the baloon and out
the opening, the opening is then sealed by twisting and tying
a knot. The payload consists of flammable pellets
(as many Magnesium and or road flare chunks as the baloon
can support). A delay is inserted into the payload.
A chemical delay will be the cheapest and inserts an element
of uncertanty in the timing. (useful for making it harder to
track the release location by studying wind patterns).
When the delay sets the payload off, the laytex membrane
(another baloon) is burned and releases the payload.
(For now Mg and roadflare chunks) The burning payload causes
the visco fuse to catch fire before falling toward the ground.
The visco fuse burns into the baloon and causes the hydrogen
filled baloon to explode, resulting in a flash and bang, along
with the conveniant destruction of evidence.
I havent even attempted any calculations on how much gas is
needed or how many baloons are needed to support a decent
payload. (Im expecting members to comment on it first ;) )
Umm for the delay we might go with a simple sulfuric acid
delay but I'll worry about that later... does this idea
sound like a winner?
After it catches on that baloons are being used for this
purpose you can have some real fun.. leave some Americum
(a radioactive alpha emitter found in smoke detectors) in
a "dud payload" or leave the residue behind so that big
brother can get a positive result for a radioactive material.
Alternatively, traces of a persistant chemical agent can cause
concern. Ex. Sulfur Mustard... Since you're only using
traces, costs can be held LOW and the terror factor will be
high as soon as the media hears NBC agents are being randomly
distributed in unknown amounts in random places.
Random things to make this all cheaper / OTC :
** Make hydrogen gas via the classic NaOH water + Al foil
experiment we all remember so well from High School. **
Black powder coated string instead of visco fuse.