Never Mind The Spies, Wot About The Spice?
Indian defence scientists are planning to put one of the world's hottest chilli powders into hand grenades – but they say the devices will be used to immobilise people without killing them. The chilli, known as Bhut Jolokia, is said to be a thousand times hotter than commonly used kitchen chilli.
FOOTNOTE: Hot to trot.
note to self: no acting out in India any more. got hit with pepper spray once. that was enough.
ReplyDeleteOuch. That's gonna hurt.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant footnote.
During a dog attack, the pepper spray blew back in my face leaving the dog just amused as he chewed on my leg. That is a serious weapon.
ReplyDeleteIt's difficult to imagine that kind of heat...and I do not want to ever know!
ReplyDeleteThis isn't truly a "new" development. They may not have been the first, but the ancient Samurai used "pepper bombs" in close combat centuries ago. Of course, theirs were probably not quite so sophisticated.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how these grenades disperse the agent though. If it uses even a small explosive charge, there's still a chance of serious injury or death.
All the same, I think I'll pass on getting peppered. I've had some pretty intense encounters with peppers of various kinds over the years -- always accidental -- and I'm not at all inclined to find out what an intentional encounter would be like.
Little known fact: Los Alamos National Laboratories has a division working on heightening the heat factor in the peppers grown in Hatch, the chile capital of New Mexico.
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"a thousand times hotter than commonly used kitchen chilli."
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, you know SOMEBODY is going to want to eat it...
Interesting. I saw a guy choke on a habanero once, not funny.
ReplyDeleteWatch your eyes folk!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that'll fire 'em up. . . whomever has to endure it!
ReplyDeleteThat would do me in!
ReplyDeletethat'll hurt in the morning...
ReplyDelete"Mummy, I've got heartburn and a whole in my tummy!" ~ Eddie
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