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| Curry bomb! Indian army chiefs reveal latest weapon in war on terror |
| 2008-03-31 |
| Indian army chiefs are set to deploy a "curry bomb" to win the war on terror. India's weapons development experts have developed an eye-watering spice bomb, packed with a potent mix of red chilli and pepper which will be used to smoke out militants during counter-insurgency operations. As Britain's legion of Friday night Vindaloo casualties will testify, too much chilli can be debilitating. But scientists from India's Defence Research and Development Organisation have discovered that the spices which make your curry so hot can also bring an enemy to his knees in seconds. They have created an 81-mm grenade packed with red hot chilli, pepper and phosphorus to use in Kashmir where Islamic separatists linked with al Qaeda are fighting a long-running insurgency war. Their enemy is often unseen, and can easily disappear in civilian crowds. India's curry bomb however will help its soldiers to immobilise enemy fighters, and allow them to be captured, without long-term injury. The mix of spices and phosphorous chokes the enemy's respiratory tract, leaving targets barely able to breathe for a time. Their eyes, throat and skin burn and sting. Army scientists have also discovered the "curry bomb" can be used to block enemy attacks by creating a smoke screen and preventing snipers from using night-vision devices and thermal imagers. From being fired by a grenade launcher, it creates an effective smoke screen ninety metres away within five seconds. The curry bomb will be used both as a hand grenade by police and armed forces, and as a tank-mounted device. Experts from India's Defence Research and Development Organisation have already tested their new "grenade masala" in a series of 'spice raids' close to the Line of Control which separates Indian and Pakistani forces in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. "The field trials have been completed with success in several areas along the Line of Control. The grenades would be successful in forcing out militants from their hideouts." |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #6 Deacon Blues: I have a regular hazmat process for making habanero picante. First of all, you work outside. Wearing a plastic smock, butyl rubber gloves, a breathing device and clear goggles, I run the stemmed peppers through a meat grinder along with a white onion. Then pour the boiling vinegar and salt mix over them in the jar. Rinse all equipment in a bucket of warm, soapy water before putting in the dishwasher. After two weeks of steeping, then I run the mix through a blender, again outside, and add a cup of grain alcohol. All told, it is no more difficult than working with persistent nerve agent. Of course, if I was making a picante out of Bhut Jolokia, it would be no more difficult that working with highly radioactive persistent nerve agent. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-31 21:15 |
| #5 When I'm cutting a Bhut Jolokia (from India) I have to be careful to not inhale the fumes. I also have to be careful to not let the pot boil over. Those things are 2 to 3 times hotter than a Habenero. You could trigger respiratory arrest with those things. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-03-31 19:32 |
| #4 Like the cloud idea. Kind of shielding pepper gas. We have a friend that threw in liquid hot sauce into the pan he was using to shallow fry his dinner. He and his wife, well let's just say they had to leave the house for a bit. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-31 16:25 |
| #3 No different than our pepper spray. Brilliant idea to make it into a gas though. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-31 15:01 |
| #2 How that is different from OC? Except that curry is more suited to local cooking, of course. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-03-31 14:46 |
| #1 Chemical weapons are illegal. Even if they are edible. |
| Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-03-31 14:41 |