Operation Outward was the name given to the British World War II program to attack Germany by means of free-flying balloons. Outward made use of cheap, simple gas balloons filled with hydrogen. They carried one of two types of payload. A trailing steel wire, intended to damage high voltage power lines by producing a short circuit. Three incendiary devices - six pound (2.7kg) flexible socks filled with flammable material - that were intended to start fires in forests and heathland.

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  • Operation Outward was the name given to the British World War II program to attack Germany by means of free-flying balloons. Outward made use of cheap, simple gas balloons filled with hydrogen. They carried one of two types of payload. A trailing steel wire, intended to damage high voltage power lines by producing a short circuit. Three incendiary devices - six pound (2.7kg) flexible socks filled with flammable material - that were intended to start fires in forests and heathland. A total of 99,142 Outward balloons were launched: 53,343 carried incendiaries and 45,599 carried steel wires. Compared to Japan's better known fire balloons, Outward balloons were crude. They had to travel a much shorter distance so they flew at a lower altitude - 16,000 ft. (4900m), compared with 38,000 ft (11,000m) - and had no need for a mechanism to regulate altitude by means of dropping ballast or venting lifting gas. This meant the balloons were simple to mass produce and only cost 35 shillings each.
  • Operação Outward foi o nome dado ao programa Britânico na Segunda Guerra Mundial para atacar a Alemanha através da utilização de balões. A operação fez uso de balões baratos e simples de gás. Estes carregavam dois tipos de cargas. Um cabo de aço curto, com a intenção de danificar linhas de alta voltagem ao produzir um curto-circuito. Aparelhos incendiários - meias flexíveis de seis quilogramas enchidas com material inflamável, que tinha por intenção danificar florestas e campos agrícolas. Um total de 99142 balões foram lançados: 53343 carregavam bombas incendiárias e 45599 carregavam cabos de aço.
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  • Operation Outward was the name given to the British World War II program to attack Germany by means of free-flying balloons. Outward made use of cheap, simple gas balloons filled with hydrogen. They carried one of two types of payload. A trailing steel wire, intended to damage high voltage power lines by producing a short circuit. Three incendiary devices - six pound (2.7kg) flexible socks filled with flammable material - that were intended to start fires in forests and heathland.
  • Operação Outward foi o nome dado ao programa Britânico na Segunda Guerra Mundial para atacar a Alemanha através da utilização de balões. A operação fez uso de balões baratos e simples de gás. Estes carregavam dois tipos de cargas. Um cabo de aço curto, com a intenção de danificar linhas de alta voltagem ao produzir um curto-circuito.
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  • Operation Outward
  • Operação Outward
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