Slippery Slime Developed to Control Crowds

Posted by chrisd on Monday March 4, 2002 @08:00PM from the mud-wrestling-protestors dept.

powlow writes "Southwest Research Institute (press release )developed a non-hazardous chemical spray system that spreads a highly slippery, viscous gel (which the lab designated a "mobility denial system" and dubbed "banana peel in a can") to inhibit the movement of individuals or vehicles on treated surfaces. Marines Corps believes it can be used for crowd control. (Defense Technical Information Center's PDF Report) In tests, volunteers attempted in vain to walk across a lawn sprayed with the slime, and in fact, had they not been safety-harnessed during the tests, many would have broken bones."

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WOW, MARINES ARE THE GREATEST by jamej · 2002-03-04 23:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Marines are the coolest most forward looking military organization on earth. We should just get rid of the Army and most of the AIr Force. The Marines can do it all. They also have the best uniforms and that's no accident. I want everyone of you /.s to go see your recruiter right now, and that's an order!!
Re:Field tests by mgblst · 2002-03-05 00:25 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I would really like to see a movie of this (the original, to the mardi-gras). Maybe someone could tape, send it into those home videos shows. Im sure with voice over and boing noises it would be a real laugh!