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How The Navy Tried To Turn Sharks into Torpedos (undark.org)
Long-time Slashdot reader v3rgEz writes: Documents recently declassified show one of the odder experimental weapons developed after World War II: Weaponized sharks. Guided by sharp electric shocks, the sharks were trained to deliver explosive payloads -- essentially turning them into living, breathing, remote-controlled torpedoes that could be put to use in the Pacific Theater.
Following years of research on "shark repellent," the Navy spent 13 years building a special head gear for sharks which sensed the shark's direction and tried to deliver shocks if the sharks strayed off-course. The journalist who tracked down details of "Project Headgear" published the recently-declassified information on MIT's journalism site Undark, noting that "The shark wasn't so much a 'torpedo' as a suicide bomber... "
Following years of research on "shark repellent," the Navy spent 13 years building a special head gear for sharks which sensed the shark's direction and tried to deliver shocks if the sharks strayed off-course. The journalist who tracked down details of "Project Headgear" published the recently-declassified information on MIT's journalism site Undark, noting that "The shark wasn't so much a 'torpedo' as a suicide bomber... "
Sharkpedo?
The Soviets trained strapped antitank mines to dogs and trained them to run under German tanks. The mines had a trigger mechanism that would trip when they went under the tank. The story goes though that captured German tanks were in short supply so they had to use Soviet tanks when training the dogs. This led to unfortunate results in battle because the dogs would go towards Soviet tanks (which used and smelled of diesel) than German tanks (gas).
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil