now for the weird
In 1994, the Wright Laboratory in Ohio wrote a memo that proposed some interesting weapons. On the list were several, er, special items: a flatulence bomb; a bomb that would cause the enemy to develop halitosis; and another bomb that would make all the men in an enemy unit become gay.
No word on whether the memo was written on April 1 -- we can only hope it was.
When the rules of engagement prohibit the use of deadly force, you've got to get creative when it comes to immobilizing your enemies. We get that, but control through vomit -- really?
As it turns out, government-funded researchers are hard at work coming up with a flashlight-sized device that will make someone puke through the magic of flashing colored lights. Oddly enough, it's not the lights part of the equation that's complicated. The problem keeping the puke ray from being standard issue is one of size.
Scientists are having a hard time making the device suitably small.
Weirdest Weapons: Backyard to Battlefield: Military Channel