GOPHER SMOKE BOMB Kills gopher, moles, rats, skunks, woodchucks Not poisonous, no secondary effect Penetrates deep into tunnels There are 4 smoke bombs in a package 6 packed in a case
Posted on 06/25/2005 12:44:14 PM PDT by Srirangan
Smoking out the terrorists..
http://www.india-defence.com/node/308
Drawing lessons from the Afghan war where US forces had to ferret out the Taliban from caves and bunkers, India's leading defence explosives laboratory in Pune has developed specialised bombs to deal with terrorist hideouts.
While the high-penetration smoke-spewing incendiary ammunition developed by the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) is ready for production, work has been initiated on oxygen-depleting thermobaric warheads.
"The earlier version of the suffocating smoke-spewing incendiary ammunition did not have a high penetration capability. Our latest version can penetrate 9-inch-thick walls and then explode inside, releasing suffocating smoke to ferret out terrorists," HEMRL director A Subhananda Rao said in an exclusive interview with TOI.
Thermobaric warheads, which are used to attack targets inside closed environments such as bunkers, caves or buildings, explode after penetration, releasing a shock effect, flammable gas and sucking out oxygen. HEMRL, which specialises in developing a range of powerful warheads for Indian munitions and propellants for missile systems, has initiated work on thermobaric warheads. "We have already started work on this and will have a project sanctioned," Rao said.
HEMRL has also developed anti-thermal, anti-laser smoke bombs that obscure infra-red signals and enable tank movement behind a smoke cover. These grenades which emit smoke and also provide IR (Infra red) screening effect provide a cover from active and passive night-vision devices, thermal imagers and laser range finders and thereby increase the survivability of tanks and armoured vehicles in the battlefield.
Rao said it would take another two years for the HEMRL to develop the multi-spectral camouflaging flares that mislead anti-aircraft homing missiles by simulating the exhaust emissions and infra red/millimetre wavelengths of the Su-30 and other combat aircraft.
"This is an advanced area and will take us another two years to develop," he said.
Meanwhile, a superior alternative to the conventional tear gas has been developed by the HEMRL, specifically at the request of the Border Security Force. These new non-lethal smoke bombs based on capsicum oleoresins (active chemical in chillies) have been demonstrated successfully and are ready for production.
GOPHER SMOKE BOMB Kills gopher, moles, rats, skunks, woodchucks Not poisonous, no secondary effect Penetrates deep into tunnels There are 4 smoke bombs in a package 6 packed in a case
Is this intended as a deterrent or attractant for mexicans?
I developed a highly effective bug spray from some Hungarian Wax peppers I grew. When I can figure out how to make it so it doesn't kill the plants, I'll let y'all know.
And they DON'T WORK.
Way back when I was a lad, I recall how my friend's father got rid of the gophers in his yard. He backed his 1964 Pontiac Catalina on to the lawn, ran a length of flexible metal hose from the exhaust pipe into the gopher hole. He then plugged up any visible gopher holes, started the car and let it idle for awhile. The gophers never came back.
Meaning they probably never left. It got to be nap time rather quickly in there.
Whatever happened to good oldfashioned white phosphorus? If you're clearing caves and bunkers over the violent objections of the inhabitants, tying an M-34 to your eviction notice is guarenteed to make them sit up and take notice!
...would that be an HPSSSI round? "Load HIPSY!"
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