Why Are Military Balloons So Feared Today?

[@ryo86ok]

I definitely got a good lesson in balloons from this video, but I must have missed where you discussed the video title - "Why Are Military Balloons So Feared Today?". ie. what effective detection or countermeasures exist & what the limitations and challenges are - resulting in them still being "So Feared Today".

[@ouroboricscribe3201]

Ah, so you too experienced the click bait effect.

[@HIFLY01]

They aren't that feared today otherwise the Chinese balloons for earlier this year would have not have crossed the whole continent

[@Dan.Hibiki]

They are so feared today because the government says so.

[@CoralCopperHead]

From the context, I'm guessing a better title would've been "Why Are Military Balloons So (Strategically Fearsome) Today?"

[@ramonnajar1974]

This video fails to address the real monster in the room, modern Chinese atmospheric balloons as an EMP delivery device...

[@lyndalepowell1225]

fun fact: those japanese ballons were the first ever intercontinental flying objects until the creation of the b-36 peacemaker

[@michaelwang1713]

so charles lindbergh and amelia earhart swam across the atlantic?

[@ihminen5820]

​@@michaelwang1713 Yes

[@amh9494]

The Hindenburg accident happened in 1937, the Zeppelin flew from Germany to New York and want the first. WTF are you on about?

[@Courier6th]

The Japanese ballon cause casualties but the U.S suppress the news from spreading until after ww2

[@ItsInThereFam]

​@@amh9494 hes talking about the chinese lanterns i believe.

[@noahboat580]

I never thought general mills would be in classified information, especially involving balloons

[@marksmant50gaming11]

Yeah I thought he was commander of the cereal division 😂

[@EGRJ]

@@marksmant50gaming11 No, you're thinking of Captain Horatio Crunch, USN. Who does wear Commander tabs.

[@WarPigstheHun]

General Mills, General Electric, General Motors, General Lee Speeking...

[@marksmant50gaming11]

@@WarPigstheHun lol that was a good one

[@Daniel4646]

7:20: "Like something out of a James Bond movie." Fun fact: The Fulton retrieval system WAS actually used in a James Bond movie.

[@splitrim509]

I'm so afraid of balloons I wont even use a condom

[@AWouldWood]

Underated comment

[@johnathanczakel5195]

Laughing internally so hard! (L.i.s.h.)

[@Predator42ID]

Giggity.

[@supershadowan]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@poster5887]

Unfunny.

[@victorydrawsmanga4539]

I remember seeing the supposed Chinese spy balloon flying over my school and everyone stopped class and came outside to watch, we all were laughing and making fun of it- And here in Missouri, I have seen more hot air balloons then I ever had when I used to be in South Carolina... But the history of these balloons is rather interesting, considering it was first invented in China.

[@jamesmoriarty9433]

Pictures or it didn't happen.

[@noob-jy7zd]

​@@jamesmoriarty9433 yeah pictured

[@elxse4478]

Source : trust me bro

[@jakejake7162]

I wouldn’t put it past the Chinese to have had lidar on the balloon to scan the ground (essentially creating a 3d model of whatever it scans.) there’s an open source 3d lidar scan of the world currently (obviously sensitive places in multiple countries remain hidden) but they could just use those programs, scan the few areas that are hidden and then have a good picture of what the USA looks like in 2023. And that would just be one of many many many metrics that they probably measured along the way.

[@kittybellx3156]

@@jakejake7162 that’s what I imagine it was

[@Rylon321]

All I can think about when the observation balloon used in the Afghan War came up is the story Zack Hazard told of the officer who used the surveillance equipment to make sure his men weren't speeding in the base instead of using it to observe outside threats.

[@yoboikamil525]

same

[@ambrnonya]

Fun fact: for a while, the US used that high tech blimp in Iraq meant to look for artillery positions to scan for... violators of the speed limit within the base

[@alexanderleach3365]

During WW1 one American pilot became an ace for shooting down more than five reconnaissance balloons becoming an ace. He was known as the ‘Balloon Buster.’

[@paulparker8298]

Must’ve been right at the very end of ww1 coz murica played hardly any part of that war , just picked up the glory

[@swamptalkpodcast8744]

@@paulparker8298 Americans flew in the war before the US joined. As volunteers for international forces. Britain, France had Americans mixed in with their ranks

[@TCW838]

@paulparker8298 It's a Myth that the US "hardly played any part...". My 3x great Uncle was a Captain in the 94th Areo Sq., U.S. Air Corps, earning a French Croix de Guerre c, US Medal.of Honor with a total of 26 ariel victories. He was only in the war from 1917-1918. The US entry into the war was the decisive factor in the allied powers ending a stagnated war of attrition. Simply put, fresh troops in large numbers overwhelmed the Germans. That doesn't minimize what the UK, the French, and other troops had accomplished, it's simply a fact of history.

[@TCW838]

*Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker

[@Cheez1000]

I forgot the Fulton balloons were a real thing for minute there. Thought I was watching Metal Gear lore.

[@anvi.a8976]

xD ikr, I was like this existed irl?!!

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@anvi.a8976 Yeah, it's kind of surprising, but up until MGSV dropped, the games all featured currently-existing technology at the time the game was set. It's just that everything featured was either bleeding-edge, in the prototype stage but was ultimately abandoned, only had prototypes that most failed or only 'kind of' worked, or were only theoretical at the time. MGS3 was my first big "oh cool, someone actually thought of that all the way back then?" moment.

[@TheHammerGuy94]

This was also used in COD Blops Cold war. you need to evacuate Cuba via the fulton recovery balloon.

[@changsiah2]

Yeah I know so can't wait for those Resurrection project to happen but I want move on for now

[@C.A._Old]

*1:24** no way... OHHOHHHH... WHat a history!*

[@silasgreene2479]

7:42 one of my favorite scenes in batman dark night is when the bat uses one of these to hitch a ride out of that Chinese bank

[@hanpolo2727]

I thought a Chinese spy balloon flew over my house, turned out it was my neighbours 30th birthday balloon. Lol.

[@iusefacebookalso]

Person in balloon looking down: IT'S OVER. I have the high ground.

[@Menaceblue3]

F-22: "You underestimate my power!"

[@TheHammerGuy94]

Monkey with a giant sized Ballista shooting Plasma glowing spiked Balls: *YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER!!!*

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

every aircraft and AA gun: YOU UNDERESTIMATE OUR POWER!

[@LewLew243-27]

​@@Menaceblue3 cringe

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

So I'm supposed to be afraid of a Chinese spy balloon whilst every 3rd teenager uses a literal Chinese spy app? I am pissed off that it managed to get so far into US airspace but it's miniscule

[@simplyaregularguy131]

It's nothing but a bunch of noise to rile people into voting for people who run on nothing but culture wars and empowering their rich donors

[@simplyaregularguy131]

@Rob was saying the only reason there's a lot of noise about those chinese spy balloons is because one party has hooted and hollared over them despite the fact that Mr [redacted] pointed out that something like tik tok should logically be of bigger concern considering how widespread it is compared to a few balloons with cameras that have limited range

[@fistedbiscuits7639]

Id say your priorities for national security don't have much real basis in reality.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Except they're spying on American military sites, not you

[@simplyaregularguy131]

@@fistedbiscuits7639 What about a bunch of hillbillies shooting transformers like in Moore county or the ever increasing risk of cyber warfare on our aging infrastructure? I think our power grid needs to be heavily revamped

[@terrygrossmann6125]

With the increase of inflation steadily rising. The ballon business looks good.

[@iambelvedere785]

No words can express how awesome simple history is

[@jamesborb4255]

Thanks to this video I discovered that MGS's Fulton system isn't science fiction

[@muhammadizzdanish2562]

Soldier:I fear no man,but that thing... (Balloon) it's scared me

[@stevens9625]

Wow, I always thought the cigar balloons in movies like Saving Private Ryan were observation balloons. Turns out they are hoisting cables to prevent fighter strafing.

[@carmonajr18]

Another fun fact: during WW1, British Balloon pilots were known as "Balloonatics".

[@Rizu181]

i wonder how the first guy to shoot a enemy balloon felt and his teammates. were they like "I SHOT THE FLYING THING!" and the team was like "HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!"

[@nicholasnguyen5181]

So that’s how the Fulton device was made… . Nice!

[@kirkdaley3441]

Fun facts :Japanese used ballons in ww2 carried by winds to hit a couple mid western states balloons reached as far as Iowa state

[@DiscoBallGaming]

We need to send the Goodyear blimp to China playing Lynyrd Skynyrd immediately with a case of Budweiser. give them a taste of their own medicine

[@jessecockrum5273]

I like that the pig got mad and attacked the people when it was back in the lab

[@freedomwhenneeded]

balloon has to be the oldest weapon still in use actively today

[@acediadekay3793]

The Knife...

[@freedomwhenneeded]

@@acediadekay3793 they used swords not knifes lol, knifes must be recently used only, they were initially made as smaller swords to cut up food lol

[@acediadekay3793]

@@freedomwhenneeded There was no swords in the stone age but flint knifes was everywhere

[@freedomwhenneeded]

@@acediadekay3793 i dont even believe the stone age exists im christian lol

[@stevelucky7579]

Something hella sus with the mention of hot air balloons being used in the civil war. Considering hot air balloons being used in the civil war was almost never mentioned. So either it was a RARE occurrence or every teacher i have ever had, had conveniently left out this tidbit despite mentioning ships, submarines, and railroad.

[@cocacola4blood365]

The Fulton System actually looks like fun.

[@Banzaiiii2223456]

Big Boss: *Heavy Breathing

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Those guys really are brave.

[@fidelcastro1706]

IT'S A WEATHER BALLOON

[@helium-379]

I mean baloons are so shootable. You wouldnt pop that sucker when you see it?

[@pyro104ever]

Not really that shootable. You're talking about shooting at a target with significant elevation above you if shooting from the ground. The bullet is going to be working against gravity even moreso than usual, so it will fall off rather quickly. Altitude and distance can provide considerable protection from incoming fire.

[@villeveikko1]

And if they shoot that in Alaska bay area there is to deep waters and when that continues flying it was too risky to shoot it above dense populaty because that balloon and its cargo was huge and the falling debree could land anywhere. They have to wait that the balloon is over South Carolinas shallow waters and then send the raptors

[@tamarakepreyeomgbuayakimi.2841]

Proceed to commit war crime, more like balloon crime.

[@DEstin100]

7:48 He's coming too?, Roger that.

[@SlyCooper1920]

4:42 Battlefield 1 Trailer

[@Justapototo]

So we are all just gonna ignore the X-32 in the thumbnail

[@Trexdude256]

I love these videos

[@saibabu4842]

Good information😊

[@TheHammerGuy94]

when you realize the Monkeys in Bloons series send out Nuclear mortars, Giant Planes with 2 cockpits dropping payloads with all the napalm in the world, a Ballista Driver with Plasma Spike balls as ammo, an Aircraft Carrier with all the guns you could fit on deck the best Engineers with independently firing robot guns Boomerang Throwers that throw heat-seeking exploding Glaives, Ninjas with all the explosives, and countless shurikens and even a divine being... Just to kill... what? Balloons? it only shows these inflatables are no joke.

[@Florida.badger]

I’ve been following you guys for the past four years. I enjoy all your videos.

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

The fact that you are made to waste a 400,000 missile on 12$ ballon is helarious and that china invented them hundreds of years ago really gives perspective.

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

It was a spy balloon and price was more then 13 dollars

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

@@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader meanwhule Russia got to smoke a MUCH more expensive UAV to 20$ of cheap russian gasoline HEHEHE

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

@@IronWarhorsesFun was pretty slick

[@MasonTC]

7:10 I always wondered what exactly was happening in that one Battlefield 4 mission.

[@karenmindock1898]

Why does Winnie the poo love balloons so much?

[@sooryan_1018]

Thumbnail is another masterpiece 😂

[@DeltaDemon1]

"Like something out of a James Bond movie..." Literally. It's the rescue method at the end of Thunderball.

[@Emanon...]

10/10 for the title alone

[@NoBody-kv3yd]

Will you please make a video about what it was life for the Vietnamese people during the war? I have a coworker who escaped during the war and I’d love a perspective on what it was like for her during that time and the years following.

[@rewardunkind4541]

HE STOLE MY BALLOONS, WHY DIDN’T SOMEONE TOLD ME HE HAD ONE OF THOSE THINGS?!!!

[@asahearts1]

There's a surveillance balloon over Mar-a-lago right now. Not a joke. You can track military aircraft online. They have some surveillance drones over there, too, and there's a lot of traffic around Guantanamo. As far as trains there's movement from the northeast to DC, suggesting they're moving military vehicles to the capitol.

[@goodmusic4673]

ok

[@asahearts1]

@@goodmusic4673 ok

[@spyrofrost9158]

Seems rather... dystopian.

[@The105ODST]

There is a whole mess of military bases in DC.

[@kaelibw34]

Ok buddy

[@DangerousMoonwalkerOfficial]

Fun fact: the first hot air balloon was from London and flew over the city where everyone thought it was a monster and threw stones and pitch forks at it hitting it causing it to plummet thinking they killed it they tore it apart and pulled the pilot out and some people attacked him thinking he was a wizard

[@alejandrofrade325]

A slow moving, massive object that you can pop???

[@The105ODST]

Wait until you read about the Sask weather balloon incident in1998. It survived more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from the Canadian CF-18 and several other NATO Air Forces

[@marrqi7wini54]

​@@The105ODST Yep balloons that are designed to go that high are extremely resilient. So you need a missile without explosives to bring it down.

[@alejandrofrade325]

@@The105ODST real hindenburg moment they had...hahaha

[@Spaghetti332]

It's terrifying to know that few years after this he might make a video of the battle of WWIII

[@annroousivakumar2819]

Assuming the owner of this channel is a man. He will probably be telling war stories about his service in WW3

[@princessmarlena1359]

🎵🎶”You and I, in a little toy shop…buy a bag of bal-loons, with the money we’ve got…” 🎈

[@nickvinsable3798]

With that out of the way, do you know what the KZ-99 is?

[@rihan364]

BRASIL, É NOIS! Glad to see my country in my favorite channel...

[@God-ld6ll]

they are scared of the noise it makes when popped

[@alextucker5819]

Wow, I never knew Balloons played such an important part in warfare.

[@idkmyname12]

Americans are not afraid of it. It's that it is EXTREMELY suspicious that they would do such a thing, and even rude.

[@pabcu2507]

Call in the dart monkeys

[@korbell1089]

3:20 So was it called the pantabaloon?😁

[@bsjeffrey]

new innovative tech always instills great fear.

[@crossfire7474]

What goes around comes around.

[@jeenyus720]

shoutout to sky pig

[@cannonball666]

You left out the story of the 99 Luftballons

[@gvonwillwin]

How do you animate the whole video and post a video per day

[@OPgreif]

Greetings from Brazil. 🤝

[@jackthediscoverer]

0:13 that’s a American Hobby Balloon being shot down 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@matopski9578]

People like that can't complain, if they couldn't be bothered to make a suggestion on which movie to watch.

[@chazhartwayne6493]

0:30 YA BOY KONGMING!

[@jaykillxreaperofdeath6967]

When the first balloon to balloon kill happens then I'll be impressed.

[@spyrofrost9158]

Fly up in a hot air balloon and poke it with a stick!

[@marrqi7wini54]

I believe there was a balloon gun duel in the 1700s. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXW0oaSphMxmesU

[@villeveikko1]

Im sure that has happened allready

[@EndEverEsports]

“Snake? SNAAAKEEE!”

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a video on John Locke and his ideology on Freedom and Liberalism.

[@jakevelasco4072]

That one test pig must have gotten some air

[@murraysiegel5194]

Bro the thumbnail is crazy

[@secretsquirrel1534]

Picture a couple of Blimps dropping Tsar bomba on England !!!

[@jonL88]

“It’s a UFO, Scully.”

[@lucaswitteveen4506]

Love the rise of nations theme music on the background

[@rommebernardcutamora]

Amazing Video

[@duskint]

Honestly a great video, but I was weirded out on why this American Flag had 50 stars at minute 2:27.

[@theTankGuy1941]

Missed oportunity for a bloons thumbnail

[@boser_ketchup3101]

The thumbnail 😂😂

[@trippy999x]

Who knew a balloon would be the thing to break thru us air space 😂

[@aund.Holden25]

You guys remember that balloon parade ad from Clash of Clans? Well that didn’t age well😂

[@blagojpejov4155]

Well balloons are becoming a threat

[@julymonarchy7341]

Yoooo is that an XF-32 in the thumbnail?

[@samkangal8428]

99 red balloons🎶🎶

[@bobbyhill5067]

I have to disagree; it was a aliencraft that crashed in Roswell. They took the aliencraft to S4 facility in Area 51 but then it was already known in the public media at the time (leaked) where this craft was; so they moved it to Wright-Patterson AFB

[@hughmungus5033]

Why is the landing gear deployed on the F22?

[@mhughes1160]

You didn’t mention that six people were killed by a Japanese balloon bomb in Oregon May 5 1945 .

[@Osama_Zyn_Laden]

Interesting alternate history : Napoleon crosses the English channel like the Germans in world war II. They bomb London from sky in the 18th century. Other countries see this develop their own ways of aerial bombardment. We have airplanes by the 19th century............idk

[@paddyh8023]

Didn't they confirm it really was a Weather balloon.

[@scottgalbraith7461]

That part never made the news. Not inflammatory enough

[@oldskoolordie]

They captured it then said nothing

[@rentalitalian3337]

The thumbnail is what would have happened if the balloon went past Texas

[@gvonwillwin]

Do you animate this in one day?

[@somticlight3712]

He needs to update this, another chinese balloon was spotted over Hawaii

[@warpartyattheoutpost4987]

You'll float, too.™

[@linzabfb]

Certainly because of the popularity of Balloons TD

[@Jazkal-V420]

I guess the BTD series has a point now...

[@Lord_Pilaf]

Good thing it wasn't 99 Luftballons

[@MrGrimmydareaper]

Bf1 reference in the beginning?

[@poil8351]

actually the ballon was really never accepted by either side in the civil war, the union more or less abandoned ballons after 1862 because it was never officially part of the union army.

[@Bluberyline827]

damm now its no wonder that the monkey’s in bloons hate balloons. and use their entire army against it. its actually dangerous.