Are chillies the latest weapon in the war on terror?
India's military has converted the spiciness of the world's hottest chilli into a weapon, similar to a tear-gas grenade...

India's military has converted the spiciness of the world's hottest chilli into a weapon, similar to a tear-gas grenade...
Scientists working for the Indian military may have discovered a new weapon against terrorism: the world's hottest chilli.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized ‘bhut jolokia,' or ‘ghost chilli,' to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilise suspects, defence officials revealed.
The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chilli. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling summer heat.
It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measurement of a chilli's spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.
‘This is going to be an effective non-toxic 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 military headquarters.
Srivastava, who led a defence 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. CLICK HERE FOR MORE WORLD NEWS
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