By that time it was estimated that $2 million had been spent on the project. It is thought that development of the bat bomb was moving too slowly, and was overt

By that time it was estimated that $2 million had been spent on the project. It is thought that development of the bat bomb was moving too slowly, and was overtaken in the race for a quick end to the war by the atomic bomb project. I can just see the conversation now. A: "So what are you working on?" B: "Well, we're harnessing the nucleic forces to create a destructive force hitherto unknown to man. How about you?" A: "Um... bats" B: "What?" A: "We attaching firecrackers to bats." B: "OK, um great!" A: "Yea..."