WASHINGTON — Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury.
For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Found this at Sykes Writes, where the commenters all think it’s some kind of a big joke. It’s no joke! This is…okay, I won’t use the word “tragic,” since they’re trying to find ways to protect soldiers, which really is more important. But still: pork! Bacon! Pork chops! Ribs! Ham!
I refer you to that font of wisdom, Homer Simpson:
Homer: Are you saying you’re never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Ham?
Lisa: No.
Homer: Pork chops?
Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
Seriously, whoever invented pigs is some kind of a genius or something.
Please tell me they at least made a stir fry.