The Indian military is getting ready to heat up the war on terror.
Defense officials plan to unleash the power of thumb-sized bhut jolokia, or ghost chili, in tear gas-like grenades, The Associated Press reported.
"The chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the northeastern state of Assam, told the news service.
"This is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists," said R. B. Srivastava, a director at the New Delhi headquarters of the organization.
The viciously hot pepper, named the planet's spiciest chili by Guinness World Records in 2007, is cultivated and consumed in northeastern India as a cure for stomach ailments and as an odd, albeit effective way to beat the brutal heat in summer, according to the report.
The bhut jolokia extract must be diluted more than 1.3 million times before its piquant flavor is undetectable to most people.
Life Sciences director Srivastava, who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, told the AP trials are also being conducted to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays that women can use to repel attackers, and for police use in mob control.
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