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I was relieved to read the article to find out that the pigeons were essentially canary-in-the-coalmine chemical detectors and were not being used as suicide bombers (e.g. Bat Bombs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb, or Anti-Tank Dogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog)
WHile this article isn't about them, using pidgeons trained to peck at images of ships was looked into as a guidance system for early anti-ship missiles. - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon
> $55 a piece

I wonder if this is a typo. I raise and sell pigeons. My 'cull' pigeons are sold for $5 each and are often simply given away.

Other interesting pigeons at war:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-incredible-carrier-pigeon...

Or some Kuwaiti guy figured out the US military will pay outrageous markups.
There's an inherent risk that inviting pigeons into the military might lead to them overthrowing the civilian government. They are constantly talking about a coo.
Upvoted for a good laugh. Thank you.