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To: knak
Would be cooler if they could strap a teeny-tiny bomb on it, sorta like a Whipper Snapper, just to scare the cr*p out of people...
2 posted on 02/24/2003 1:59:32 PM PST by RoughDobermann
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To: RoughDobermann
Beetles with cherry bombs.
7 posted on 02/24/2003 2:08:18 PM PST by arthurus
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To: RoughDobermann
Towards the end of WWII there was a wacky inventor that came up with the idea of tying small incendiary devices to tiny bats and then releasing them over Japan. The bats were contained in a huge bomb looking device where they would become dormant as the plane climbed to altitude.

Once the plane reached the target, the “bomb” would be released and slowly float down by parachute. Eventually, as the “bomb” decreased in altitude, the bats would warm up and fly out. This was done during the day so the first thing the nocturnal bats did was fly indoors and then go poof and catch things on fire. It was thought that the bats would be very demoralizing as they resembled a tiny fiery daemon in Japanese folklore.

It was actually used but wasn’t found to be very successful.

29 posted on 02/24/2003 2:53:36 PM PST by avg_freeper
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To: RoughDobermann
Would be cooler if they could strap a teeny-tiny bomb on it

A small blow gun (powered by on-board compressed air or CO2) with a poison dart would make it a great little assisination device...

Hey Saddam! There's a big bumble bee flying around your head! Ooops - that was no bee...

38 posted on 02/24/2003 3:08:18 PM PST by Mannaggia l'America
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To: RoughDobermann
Would be cooler if they could strap a teeny-tiny bomb on it, sorta like a Whipper Snapper, just to scare the cr*p out of people...

I'd rather see it carry a tiny laser target designator. Then it could guide a really BIG 2000 lb bomb on the target.


54 posted on 02/24/2003 4:12:07 PM PST by Kozak
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