The "Gay Bomb"

You really can't make this stuff up:

Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders had considered, and then subsequently rejected, building the so-called "Gay Bomb."

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As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior."

The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such a chemical weapon.

"The Ohio Air Force lab proposed that a bomb be developed that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistably attractive to one another," Hammond said after reviewing the documents.

"The notion was that a chemical that would probably be pleasant in the human body in low quantities could be identified, and by virtue of either breathing or having their skin exposed to this chemical, the notion was that soliders would become gay," explained Hammond.

Comments

[Noor Hammad]

Hmmm is there any real evidence that it is plutonium that Iran is enriching...maybe, just maybe...?

[robbie]

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[Ragab Al Khawaga]

I heard it on NPR lats week. They also had a number of other project including a "bad Breath Bomb". Once launched on insurgents they could later be identified among the civilian population by their bad breath. I am sure the Chewimg Gum industry backed the project as i would have created a new market ofr them :-)