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In the excellent book "A Higher Form Of Killing" by Jeremy Paxman (yes, THAT
Jeremy Paxman) and Robert Harris (yes, Robert "Fatherland" Harris) is an
excellent account of Japanese biowarfare experiments in China in the 1930's
and 1940's.
One of the weapons descibed is a shell intended to deliver gangrene germs. In
a test detonation, all 10 prisoners hit by splinters later died of the
disease. My question is: how come bacteria can survive the stresses of an
explosiona and remain dangerous when most are delicate enough to be killed
off by mild heat or chemical action?
Yours,
James
PS: The same book also has an account of the germ warfare experiments at
Porton Down in WWII, which included the production of 5m cattle cakes filled
with anthrax for dropping over German farms.
The Porton Down unit is claimed to have produced several "special" grenades
for the Czech resistance, one of which was used in the attack on Heydrich's
car. Although Heydrich was only slightly hurt by a metal splinter he later
sickened and died from symptoms suspiciously similar to botulism poisoning...
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