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Pentagon Developed 'Laughing Bullets'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-must-not-have-a-hysteria-gap dept.

plasmadroid writes "It might sound like a joke, but documents unearthed by New Scientist show that the Pentagon actually funded research into 'non-lethal' bullets that would also hit a target with a dose of laughing gas. That way, they'd not only be stunned but incapacitated by fits of giggles. Another idea was to put stink bombs inside rubber bullets. I guess it would work, but the idea of crowds of rioters giggling uncontrollably while being pelted with rubber bullets is truly bizarre..."

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  1. first.... oh why bother by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i am so pathetic

    1. Re:first.... oh why bother by eMbry00s · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      +5 insightful. lol.

  2. Re:Why do we need the gas? by east+coast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't you mean Michael Bolton?

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