<div><span><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">GAUHATI,  India (AP) - The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism:  the world's hottest chili.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: black;">

<span style="font-size: small;"><span>After conducting  tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized "bhut jolokia,"  or "ghost chili," to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize  suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.</span></span>

<span>The bhut  jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's  spiciest chili. It is grown and eaten in India's northeast for its  taste, as a cure for stomach troubles and a way to fight the crippling  summer heat.</span>

<span>It has more than 1,000,000 Scoville  units, the scientific measurement of a chili's  spiciness. Classic Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville  units, while jalapeno peppers measure anywhere from 2,500 to 8,000.</span>

<span>"The  chili grenade has been found fit for use after trials in Indian defense  laboratories, a fact confirmed by scientists at the Defense Research  and Development Organization," Col. R. Kalia, a defense spokesman in the  northeastern state of Assam, told The Associated Press.</span>

<span>"This  is definitely going to be an effective nontoxic weapon because its  pungent smell can choke terrorists and force them out of their  hide-outs," R. B. Srivastava, the director of the Life Sciences  Department at the New Delhi headquarters of the DRDO said.</span>

<span>Srivastava,  who led a defense research laboratory in Assam, said trials are also on  to produce bhut jolokia-based aerosol sprays to be used by women  against attackers  and for the police to control and disperse mobs</span>

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