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The Indian army is to make grenades out of the world's hottest chilli.

The bhut jolokia, or “ghost chilli”, will be used like tear gas.

“Its pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their hide-outs,” said RB Srivastava, of Delhi's Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Bhut jolokia, which was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's spiciest chili, has more than a million Scoville units, the measurement of a chilli's spiciness. Tabasco sauce has up to 5,000. ...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23817931-india-uses-worlds-hottest-chilli-as-weapon-against-terrorists.do



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Re: India uses world's hottest chilli as weapon against terrorists
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2010, 12:32:01 PM »
I'd like to smear some of that on "Nanacy P's" adlut toys...... :rotf:    Might equal the burning pain the rest of us are feeling.
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Re: India uses world's hottest chilli as weapon against terrorists
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2010, 12:34:03 PM »
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Re: India uses world's hottest chilli as weapon against terrorists
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2010, 12:47:28 PM »
I'd like to smear some of that on "Nanacy P's" adlut toys...... :rotf:    Might equal the burning pain the rest of us are feeling.
Not even close.

Now if you find one with really pointy spikes on it...