Deputy Defense Minister to take personal charge of "safe bullet" production

The Mesko metallurgy plant in Skarzyska Kamienna will begin production in January of the so-called "safe bullet", under the personal supervision of Deputy Defense Minister Janusz Zemke. The bullet, invented by Polish soldier Wojciech Stecki, does no serious harm to the target. Instead the impact causes the target to fall to the ground, making the bullet potentially very useful in anti-terrorist operations, for example on hijacked planes. Tests carried out on the bullet have, according to Gazeta Wyborcza, produced surprisingly good results. Zemke has also promised Stecki that his invention will be patented in Poland and abroad. Mesko spokesman Zbigniew Kotarba said the plant hopes the bullet can be sold on the Polish and international markets. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 4) P.W.