alt Hacker NewsAlso 99 luftbaloons which was about a kid releasing some party balloons in Germany which confuses the EWS and causes WWIII.
Or the War Games movie and the Norad training mistake that inspired it.
Also 99 luftbaloons which was about a kid releasing some party balloons in Germany which confuses the EWS and causes WWIII.
Or the War Games movie and the Norad training mistake that inspired it.
Pedantic clarification: The (original German) song itself didn't mention an actor in particular who had released the balloons, just that there were 99 balloons that flew to the horizon and jet fighters being scrambled in response. The epilogue tells of the consequent whole bunch of lasting destruction as the narrator talks about their patrols.
The English translation "99 Red Balloons" is considerably different as far as the details go.