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Anybody hear of this?
11-04-2009, 06:42 PM,
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RE: Another weird one...
Der Kuenstler Wrote:Cat Bombs:
To sink German ships

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The most creative way to use a cat as a weapon happened in World War II. The United States' OSS (Office of Strategic Services, the precursor of the CIA) needed a way to guide bombs to sink German ships. Somebody hit upon the inspiration that since cats have such a strong disdain of getting wet and always land on their feet that if you attached a cat to a bomb and drop it in the vicinity of a ship, the cat's instinct to avoid the water would force it to guide the bomb to the enemy's deck. It is unclear how the cat was supposed to actually guide a bomb attached to it as it fell from the sky but the plan never got past the testing stages since the cats had a bad habit of becoming unconscious mid-drop.

Not to be outdone by its predecessor, the CIA also attempted to use cats but this time as a bugging device during the Cold War. Although a disaster as a guided bomb, the CIA thought that a cat would make the perfect covert listening device in a project known as Operation Acoustic Kitty. They attempted to surgically alter the cat by placing a bugging device inside him and running an antenna through its tail. The project took five years and $15 million dollars before the first field test hit a slight snag when the bugged kitty was released near a Russian compound in Washington and was immediately hit by a car while crossing the street. The project was ended soon after.

ROTFLMAO

Thanks DK. I have a hard day at work and needed a good laugh.
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Anybody hear of this? - by Der Kuenstler - 11-04-2009, 02:43 PM
Another weird one... - by Der Kuenstler - 11-04-2009, 02:52 PM
RE: Another weird one... - by wigam - 11-04-2009, 06:42 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Wittman - 11-04-2009, 06:31 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Jobu88 - 11-04-2009, 07:37 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Pvt. Sofronije - 11-04-2009, 11:21 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Mike Abberton - 11-04-2009, 11:50 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Der Kuenstler - 11-05-2009, 12:16 AM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Jobu88 - 11-05-2009, 06:02 AM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Mike Abberton - 11-05-2009, 06:24 AM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Jobu88 - 11-05-2009, 07:33 PM
RE: Anybody hear of this? - by Joonny - 11-05-2009, 09:23 PM

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