Ferocious Hot Chilli Pepper to Make Nasty Weapons

The military in India is looking to weaponise the world’s hottest chilli, the bhut jolokia or ghost pepper. The Bhut Jolokia chili pepper from Assam, India is no ordinary pepper. In tests first conducted by the New Mexico State University in 2008 and subsequently confirmed by Guinness World records and others, the Bhut Jolokia reached over one million Scoville heat units (SHUs), while the next hottest, the Red Savina Habenero clocks in at a mere 577,000. Scoville units are a universally accepted measure of chilli hotness