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Let me trump that with the bat (fire)bomb! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
by benjiro 2y ago
Let me trump that with the bat (fire)bomb!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
- grvbck 2y agoAlso, trojan rats: > During WWII, British Special Forces considered stuffing dead rats with explosives and dispersing them over Germany. They hoped that the Germans would gather the rats and dispose of them in industrial furnaces, producing tremendous explosions that would cause catastrophic boiler failures. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/27/richardnortontaylor https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/27/richardnortontayl...
- rtkwe 2y agoWhich inadvertently proved it's own effectiveness when some of the buildings at the base being used for testing were burnt down because some bats flew outside the intended test range and roosted in random buildings. Pretty grizzly story and I'm glad it didn't go to wide spread adoption but that part has always been hilarious to me.