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Project Eldest Son was a covert operation meant to make Viet Cong fighters fear the ammo they loaded. SOG teams used captured 7.62x39 rounds, opened them up, dumped the powder, and replaced it with a much more powerful explosive—enough to turn a rifle into shrapnel when fired. Every round had to be perfect: no marks, no scratches, no sign it had been touched. The transcript says they sabotaged about 12,000 AK rounds, plus 556 heavy machine gun rounds and 1,968 mortar shells, slipping small batches into enemy stockpiles while also using leaflets and radio broadcasts to sow paranoia about weapon quality. But once the operation leaked to the press, it became useless. What other covert Cold War operations should we cover next?
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