Template:Did you know nominations/Fu-Go balloon bomb

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Fu-Go balloon bomb

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Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb

• ... that during World War II, American officials twice considered censoring Sunday comics which depicted Japanese balloons? Source: Coen, Ross (2014). Fu-Go: The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 164–167. ISBN 978-0-80325-667-5.
  • ALT1: ... that the first intercontinental weapon in history was not a missile, but a Japanese balloon? Source: Rizzo, Johnna (27 May 2013). "Japan's Secret WWII Weapon: Balloon Bombs". National Geographic. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  • ALT2: ... that during World War II, American scientists studied sand in an attempt to identify the source of Japanese balloons? Source: Mikesh, Robert C. (1973). Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 34–36. hdl:10088/18679. ISBN 978-0-87474-911-3.
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Improved to Good Article status by Goszei (talk). Self-nominated at 02:29, 9 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Fu-Go balloon bomb; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

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Overall: @Goszei: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 17:16, 9 May 2023 (UTC)