The Project of manufacturing his raw chicken atomic bombs

The United States is famous for some idea of ​​using odd nuclear weapons such as releasing atomic bombs on the moon, but they are not a certain water that uses this mass -destructive weapon in an unusual way. In the 1950s, he developed a plan to put chickens in an atomic bomb, following IFL Science.

During the Cold War, Western Europe was concerned about the risk of Russian military infringement through northern Germany. The British government was also worried about that possibility and began to find a way to repel the risk. The solution they think of in the mid -1950s with the alias of Blue Peacock is to bury 10 kiloton nuclear mines in northern Germany, which can be activated from afar or timer to explode after 8 days. His idea is that Russia will be faltered by radioactive pollution from the explosion. According to a confidential document since 1955, nuclear mines are located in a strategic position not only destroying infrastructure in a large area but also preventing enemies from invading the area for a long time due to pollution.

There are some challenges in creating such an effective minefield. The big problem is that the only nuclear bomb available in the UK at that time was Blue Danube needed to store in controlled climatic conditions. The tests conducted by the UK show that cold conditions in Europe in the winter can make the weapon so cool.

In addition to enhancing insulation, in 1957, experts working in the project devised a solution to use chickens. To keep the bomb warm and work, they plan to put a herd of chicken inside the bomb’s shell. The chickens will be provided with food and water inside the new temporary house, enough for them to survive for about a week. The heat from the chicken body will keep the bomb warm before exploding.

The prototype of the nuclear mines was once manufactured but the project was canceled after a test. When the plan was revealed by the British national archive agency in 2004, many people thought that this was a April Fool’s Day joke that made the organization forced to confirm the project was real on social networks.