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World's hottest chili will be weaponized by Indian military
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World's hottest chili will be weaponized by Indian military
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| Manish Swarup, AP |
| The bhut jolokia is grown in Northern India |
In an AP story that ran in the Chicago Tribune yesterday, writer Wasbir Hussain reports from Gauhati, India that the Indian military is set to weaponize the chili declared "world's hottest" by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007.
The thumb-sized bhut jolokia, or ghost chili, rings up 1,000,000 Scoville units, the metric used to scientifically measure a chili's heat. In comparison, standard Tabasco sauce has 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units; jalapeno peppers can have anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000. Indian military officials have approved the chili for making tear-gas like hand grenades that will be used to immobilize suspects, including terrorists.
"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.
Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women against attackers and for the police to control and disperse mobs.
Apparently, Anthony Gargano of 610WIP is planning to eat one live on air on the midday show next week. Also, get Han Chiang to tell you about the challenge he plans to set up. At worst, you can win a t-shirt that says "I'm Han's Bitch"!
[...] than the bhut jolokia, the spiciest pepper on the planet. You’ve probably heard about the Indian military’s plans to weaponize them as non-lethal dispersion grenades — the bhut will be so used due to their insanely high Scoville [...]
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