From The Times.co.uk
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A VERY offensive weapon could soon be added to military and police arsenals: a potent “stink bomb†that overpowers rioters and demonstrators with foul-smelling odours is being developed by scientists in the United States.
The Pentagon has commissioned researchers to design a universally unpleasant stench that incapacitates people with nausea, while leaving them otherwise unharmed, as an alternative to water cannon, rubber bullets and teargas.
The stink bomb emits a reek of rotting rubbish, human faeces and burning hair that stops people in their tracks. The idea is to use it as a non-lethal weapon for crowd and riots control without causing any long-term injuries. Present methods have drawbacks: teargas and CS gas can cause breathing troubles, rubber bullets can kill; water cannon can cause impact injuries.
Scientists at Monell Chemical Senses Centre in Philadelphia have been awarded a major contract by the US Department of Defence to create the rancid odour. Details of their research are published today in Chemical and Engineering News, journal of the American Chemical Society.
