How much are defense and military important for normal operation of an independent country, the information that annually hundreds of billions of dollars are spent can give us some perspective. Large part of these assets goes to various experiments and research, with the goal to find deadliest and modern combat assets, to beat the possible enemy more efficiently.
Certain ideas and certain experiments were so revolutionary and unusual, that not even after several years of research and millions of dollar of investment, the desired effects were not achieved.
10PROJECT ACOUSTIC KITTY
CIA plan to surgically insert sound recording equipment into cats. During the first test the spy cat was run over by a taxi.
09PROJECT X-RAY
Project x-ray is American proposal to use millions of bats to drop tiny bombs on Japan. He two million dollar experiment showed promise but was abandoned due to the atom bomb.
08OPERATION BLUE PEACOCK
This operation is British idea to use chickens to help detonate nuclear landmines. The birds would generate heat to ensure the buried bomb stayed operational.
07THE “STING ME” BOMB
US proposal for a chemical weapons that would attract angry wasps. Enemy troops would be stung into submission.
06THE “WHO? ME?” DEVICE
Plan for a flatulence bomb considered but rejected by the US military. It was decided that the smell of farts might not be offensive to some enemies.
05PROJECT PIGEON/ORCON
US experimental deice using pigeons to steer missiles. The birds would peck at a picture of its target to guide the bomb.
04THE NAZI SUN GUN
It is a German project designed to harness the sun’s rays to destroy entire cities. Plans involved a giant mirror mounted on a platform 5.100 miles above the Earth.
03PROJECT HABBAKUK
It is a British plan to make huge aircraft carriers out of ice and wood pulp. Deemed too expensive, the only prototype was scuttled.
02THE STAR-GATE PROJECT
The Star-gate Project is US attempt to use psychics to “see” secret Soviet military installations. They rarely revealed anything useful and the program cost 20 million dollar.
01THE GAY BOMB
The US military investigated building a chemical bomb filled with aphrodisiacs. Widespread homosexual behavior would deal a blow to enemy morale.
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