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PostPosted: 12-Oct-2006 18:19    Post subject: Wackiness in military history Reply to topic Reply with quote

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PostPosted: 13-Oct-2006 04:38    Post subject: RE: Wackiness in military history Reply to topic Reply with quote

There are other schemes just as wacky. There was one about incindiary bats, another using birds to steer bombs, Japanese Ballon bombs, there are more out there.

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PostPosted: 13-Oct-2006 09:15    Post subject: RE: Wackiness in military history Reply to topic Reply with quote

That's just WW2. In Vietnam, the US used ammonia detectors to pick up VC piss, and remote sensors hidden in dung piles.

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