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2018-06-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Beyond kites: ‘Fire balloons’ increasingly used to set southern Israel ablaze

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Posted by trailing wife 2018-06-05 09:28|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 Time to start lighting up some Paleo land, big time.

Posted by Raj 2018-06-05 10:12|| 2018-06-05 10:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Intercept them and drop them over Gaza farmland?

Posted by gorb 2018-06-05 10:39|| 2018-06-05 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 What Gaza farmland?

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-06-05 11:06|| 2018-06-05 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Food shipments then?

Posted by gorb 2018-06-05 11:36|| 2018-06-05 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 As long as the tactic works and the cost is low, the Paleos will continue to do it.

Posted by SteveS 2018-06-05 11:40|| 2018-06-05 11:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Sounds like some Israeli FO's need to do counterbattery fire with Spot for Effect. A little willie-pete on the balloon groups will get the word around that if you play with fire, you get torched.

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-06-05 12:33|| 2018-06-05 12:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Napalm.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-06-05 13:06|| 2018-06-05 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 The balloons themselves do not cause the fires ‐ helium is an inert gas ‐

Soon to be filled with Hydrogen.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-06-05 17:31|| 2018-06-05 17:31|| Front Page Top

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