Could Airborne Bears Catch Bin Laden?

[unhappycamper]

Could Airborne Bears Catch Bin Laden?
March 15, 2010
Stars and Stripes|by Jeff Schogol

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out Osama bin Laden?

That's one suggestion the Pentagon has received from someone who noted, quite correctly, that a bear's sense of smell is much more powerful than a bloodhound's.

"Overnight, Parachute some bears into areas (bin Laden) might be," the innovator wrote. "Attempt to train bears to take off parachutes after landing, or use parachutes that self-destruct after landing."

The bears-in-the-air idea, and scores of others, came from people who clicked on the "contact us" button on the Defense Department's Web site, which allows the general public to ask questions or make suggestions.

Not that the Pentagon needs any particular help in the idea department. Not long ago, for example, the agency spent $2 million to find out whether honey bees could be relied upon to sniff out roadside bombs.


Rest of article at; http://www.military.com/news/article/could-airborne-bears-catch-bin-laden.html

[damyank913]

1. Perhaps if those bears wore Burkas and suicide vests...

C'mon ppl let's get creative here!!!:shrug:

[Junkdrawer]

4. Killer African Bees trained to seek Saudi honey desserts...

Saudis LOVE honey...

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3723/is_n7_v10/ai_21009156/

[The Shadow Knows]

2. Enough already. Osama has been a dead duck for years

Osama bin Laden is alive ONLY in the minds of all those who benefit from keeping him "alive". Which, unfortunately, is pretty much everyone.

Why are more and more terrorist dispatches coming from lower ranking members of the OBL team?
When was the last video made of OBL? Long time ago?
When was the last audio heard claiming to be OBL? Pretty recently.
Why does the CIA only say of the purported OBL audio tapes from the last five years "It SOUNDS like OBL." ??? Answer, deniability when the death of OBL finally reaches general public awareness. As G.W. Bush would say "... can't be fooled again."

[Cid_B]

3. I'm confident...

that they would eat the bears... quickly...

[NoPasaran]

6. Not if the bears had sharks with lasers strapped to their (the sharks) heads strapped to their backs

[sufrommich]

8. I would add badgers strapped to their paws just for

good measure.You can never have too many fall back defenses.

[Cid_B]

10. My money is still on the Afghans...

Probably take heavy losses to get it but eventually they are having bear / shark / badger kebabs... which will then be sold on the side of the highway hanging from hooks.

I calls em like I sees em...

[damyank913]

11. That's true the Afgans have Allah and the bears are godless.

[MadHound]

5. Bin Laden has been dead for years, but I suppose the government must keep up the charade,

Otherwise a significant population of gullible people would start wondering why the hell we're there.

[Mari333]

14. [phone] YEP theatre of the propaganda is thick as thieves these days

[Xipe Totec]

7. Here's a diagram illustrating how this idea might work

[damyank913]

9. Nice work-you should send this to the Pentagon.

Nothing like a godless bear to get the job done.

[AngryAmish]

12. recruit ManBearPig?

[KittyWampus]

13. how is this not an onion article?

[htuttle]

15. Colbert came up with this idea, didn't he?

[Romulox]

16. No. It would will take several trillion more down the rat hole before we admit he's dead. nt

[deaniac21]

17. Not with Jay Cutler at QB.