China's pigeon army and more...

I cut and pasted because the article is a bit long but you can find the whole thing here https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM...d6a&scene=0#rd

10,000 pigeons

That’s right. China’s PLA has a 10,000-strong official division of birds whose only discernable skill is pooping on statues of famous people. All snark aside, the reasoning here is actually pretty sound. Beijing is way paranoid about a nuclear or cyber attack knocking out their communications systems. In the event this happens, the pigeons would be tasked with delivering messages at high speed between the country’s military installations, especially along the remote stretches of border where keeping in touch is hard enough as it is. There’s even some precedent for this. When Japan invaded in WWII, messenger pigeons were a vital part of China’s defensive effort.

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China's pigeon army and more...