Chili Grenade

The Indian military is deploying a tear gas hand grenade made from
Assam’s bhut
jolokia, the world’s hottest chili as part of its
weapons arsenal.

The chili clocks 1,000,000 Scoville units, the scientific measure of
hotness, almost 400 times that of Tabasco or jalapenos.

According to R. B. Srivastava, director of the Life Sciences Department
at the Defense Research and Development Organization, the thumb sized grenade
is an “effective nontoxic weapon because its pungent smell can choke terrorists
and force them out of their hide-outs.”

The laboratory is also testing bhut jolokia aerosol sprays for mob control.