Britain Prepares to Fight Civil Disobedience with Chemical Weapons

Ben Quinn
guardian.co.uk
April 10, 2012

Future riots could be quelled by projectiles containing chemical irritants fired by police using new weapons that are now in the final stages of development.

The Discriminating Irritant Projectile (Dip) has been under development by the Home Office’s centre for applied science and technology (Cast) as a potential replacement for plastic bullets.

Documents obtained by the Guardian reveal that last summer’s riots in England provided a major impetus to Home Office research into new-generation riot control technology, ranging from the Dip to even more curious weaponry described by Cast technicians as “skunk oil”.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm

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