Weapon of Nose Destruction

 alleged spraying of a journalist with skunk water         © Haim Schwarczenberg

I remember reading, years ago, about how the army was working on finding an odor so noxious that it could be used as a weapon. The trouble they were having was finding a smell that was universally horrendous. Some that were particularly offensive to certain groups of people were not so to others, and vice versa. Well, it seems that the Israelis found that elusive scent several years ago. It's call skunk water, and now U.S. police departments have added it to their arsenals. It is being touted as a non-lethal, humanitarian (and eco-friendly) method of crowd control and dispersal (story, video): http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34227609