The more innocuous the name of a weapon, the more hideous its impact. Some of the most horrific weapons of the Vietnam era were named ‘Bambi’, ‘Infant’, ‘Daisycutter’, ‘Grasshopper’, and ‘Agent Orange’. Nor is the trend new: from the past we have ‘Mustard Gas”, ‘Angel Chasers’ (two cannonballs linked with a chain for added destruction) and ‘The Peacemaker’ to name but a few.)
