Gay bomb

"Gay bomb" is an informal name for a theoretical non-lethal chemical weapon, which a United States Air Force research laboratory speculated about producing.

In 1994 the Wright Laboratory in Ohio produced a three-page proposal of a variety of possible nonlethal chemical weapons, which was later obtained—complete with marginal jottings and typos—by the Sunshine Project through a Freedom of Information Act request.

In one sentence of the document it was suggested that a strong aphrodisiac could be dropped on enemy troops, ideally one which would also cause "homosexual behavior". The aphrodisiac weapon was described as "distasteful but completely non-lethal". In its "New Discoveries Needed" section, the document implicitly acknowledges that no such chemicals are actually known. The document also included many other off-beat ideas, such as spraying enemy troops with bee pheromones and then hiding numerous beehives in the combat area.

See also

• Homokaasu
• Bremelanotide
• * The Nude Bomb, a supposedly comedy movie about a similarly bizarre bomb that dissolved clothing

References

• ""Harassing, Annoying, and 'Bad Guy' Identifying Chemicals"" (PDF). Sunshine Project. Retrieved 2007-06-16.
• Smith, Michael (15 January 2005). "Pentagon planned love bomb". Telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• "US military pondered love not war". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 15 January 2005. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Bransten, Jeremy (30 January 2007). "U.S.: Pentagon Unveils The Next Generation Of Nonlethal Weapons". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Plante, Hank (8 June 2007). "Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'". cbs5.com. KPIX-TV. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Bernard, Jerome (16 June 2007). "Pentagon once mulled 'gay bomb' to promote love not war". Daily Times. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

• Hambrick, Greg (12 June 2007). "Gay Bomb, For Real". Gay Charleston: A Charleston City Paper Blog. Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Kay, Jonathan (12 June 2007). ""Jonathan Kay on the Pentagon's plan to build a 'gay bomb': Why is this 2005 story news again?"". Full Comment. National Post. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
• "The Gay Bomb, with parody diagram". Unknown Website Parody. Unknown Publisher. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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