so i am guessing that mace in india for women will contain hot chilli powder instead of pepper spray?
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]>wrote: > His favorite bhut jolokia is going to be made into grenades, you see.. > DRDO seems to have discovered bhut jolokia big time. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8119591.stm > > > India plans hot chilli grenades > Chillis > > Indian defence scientists are planning to put one of the world's hottest > chilli > powders into hand grenades. > > They say the devices will be used to control rioters and in > counter-insurgency > operations. > > Researchers say the idea is to replace explosives in small hand grenades > with a > certain variety of red chilli to immobilise people without killing them. > > The chilli, known as Bhut Jolokia, is said to be 1,000 times hotter than > commonly used kitchen chilli. > > Scientists at India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) > are > quoted as saying the potent chilli will be used as a food additive for > troops > operating in cold conditions. > > And the powder will also be spread on the fences around army barracks in > the > hope the strong smell will keep out animals. > > Other forms of pepper spray are commonly used for crowd control in many > parts > of the world. > > >
