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A Fowl Legacy

BBC NEWS | UK | Cold war bomb warmed by chickens:

Cold war bomb warmed by chickens

The mine would be kept warm by chickens
Plans to fill a nuclear landmine with chickens to regulate its temperature were seriously considered during the Cold War. . . .

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UK pondered suicide pigeon attacks

Plans involved fitting two-ounce explosives to pigeons

British spy chiefs secretly considered training pigeons to fly into enemy targets carrying explosives or biological weapons, it has been revealed.

British intelligence set up a "pigeon committee" at the end of World War II to ensure expertise gained in the use of the birds to carry messages was not lost. . . .