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Documented in Harvard professor Louis Fieser's autobiographical The Scientific Method: A Personal Account of Unusual Projects in War and in Peace https://libra

• internet_points 2y ago
  > The carrying power of a 10-11 gram > bat is indeed amazing, some 15-18 grams; the incendiary bomb was in this > range (17.5 grams). Bats can carry such loads for miles. And bats with > dummy bombs released in housed areas dragged the loads into sites highly > favorable for fire-starting. W e released bats successfully at various altitudes > both from the B-2 S and from an open Attack Bomber, in which flying was > great fun. omg > Then, > suddenly, X-ray was cancelled. I never learned the reason, but can make a > guess. The bats would be vectors for bombs, but they would be vectors also > for germs. Our side might be accused of initiating biological warfare. oh yeah because being accused of doing something horrible while doing something horrible would be horrible.
  • HenryBemis 2y ago
    I believe that they perceived it in the numbers. Exploding bombs will kill a limited number of people. Imagine the nightmare scenario that a bat-bomb will explode in a school and kill 10? 20? toddlers. Now imagine some virus that can wipe hundreds/thousands. This escalation would force the opponent's hand to respond appropriately, and if 'standard' war (bullets, artillery shells, missiles) is hell, chemical warfare is worse.