fugo

• Nom désignant une bombe portée et larguée par un ballon aérostatique.

A noun referring to a bomb that is carried and delivered by a balloon.

nom propre

1. Balloon bombC1formal

   An explosive device that is carried aloft by a balloon, typically used in warfare as a means of delivering a bomb over long distances.

   Bombe à ballon

   • During World War II, Japan launched thousands of Fugo balloons toward North America.
   • The Fugo weapon was designed to exploit the jet stream to reach its target.
   • A Fugo balloon bomb was discovered in a remote forest in Oregon in 1945.
   • Historians study the Fugo campaign as one of the earliest intercontinental bombing attempts.

   Synonymesballoon bomb