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I was relieved to read the article to find out that the pigeons were essentially canary-in-the-coalmine chemical detectors and were not being used as suicide bo
by daveslash 4y ago
I was relieved to read the article to find out that the pigeons were essentially canary-in-the-coalmine chemical detectors and were not being used as suicide bombers (e.g. Bat Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb, or Anti-Tank Dogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog)
- RugnirViking 4y agoWHile this article isn't about them, using pidgeons trained to peck at images of ships was looked into as a guidance system for early anti-ship missiles. - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon