Blue Peacock: The Chicken-Powered Nuclear Landmine

Britain designed a 10-kiloton buried nuclear mine for the German plains, then worried the electronics would freeze. Proposed solution: seal live chickens…

Why we kept this

When the file was declassified on April 1st, historians assumed it was a prank; it was not. Where was PETA when we needed them?

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