How Pigeons Were Almost Used In War 😮

[0:00]Three pigeons were crammed inside the bomb before it was launched. And as it flew toward the enemy ship, each of the birds was shown a screen. Now, they had previously been trained to peck at the target. So, as they tapped the screens inside the bomb, sensors tracked their movement. If the ship stayed at the center of the screen, it meant the missile was on course. But if it drifted to one side, the pigeons would follow the enemy ship on the screen, setting off the sensors. This would trigger tiny levers that corrected the bomb's course until it finally hit the ship, killing the pigeons along with the enemy. But this idea was scrapped before the bombs were ever used.