Gay bombs

In an act of brilliance (or insanity) they came up with the perfect secret plan. The answer seemed obvious: sex.

While the Gay Bomb project never became perhaps more than a pie in the sky dream of the Wright Lab, it has gained a second lease on life through news media, popular culture and even academia.

" Gay bomb " is an informal term referring to a proposed non-lethal psychochemical weapon that was speculated by the United States Air Force in the s. The concept involved dispersing sex pheromones to induce mutual sexual attraction among enemy soldiers, with the intention of causing confusion and disrupting military cohesion. But how could the airforce make that work to their advantage?

Skip to Content. Bugs, bad breath as weapons The Air Force Research Laboratory also suggested using chemicals that could be sprayed on enemy positions to attract stinging and biting bugs, rodents and larger animals. But how could the airforce make that work to their advantage? IE 11 is not supported. In an act of brilliance (or insanity) they came up with the perfect secret plan.

The answer seemed obvious: sex. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. “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 gay bombs because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another,” reported Edward Hammond of bioweapon activist group the Sunshine Project.

Among the most preposterous ideas came when the US Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, proposed to build the “Gay Bomb, ” which would make enemy combatants “sexually irresistible to one another.” The Gay Bomb masterminds requested six years and a budget of $ million to complete the project. The watchdog group posted the partly blacked-out, three-page document on its Web site. They put together a three-page proposal in which they detailed their $ million invention: the gay bomb.

Profile My News Sign Out. Sign In Create your free profile. NBC News Logo. It proposed a bomb “that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another”. The United States Air Force came up with the bizarre concept of creating a 'gay bomb' to make enemy soldiers sexuall attracted to one another.

They put together a three-page proposal in which they detailed their $ million invention: the gay bomb. Another idea involved creating "severe and lasting halitosis" to help sniff out fighters trying to blend with civilians. Latest Stories U. " Gay bomb " is an informal term referring to a proposed non-lethal psychochemical weapon that was speculated by the United States Air Force in the s. It proposed a bomb “that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay, and to have their units break down because all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another”.

Sections U. Follow NBC News. Among the gay bombs preposterous ideas came when the US Air Force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, proposed to build the “Gay Bomb, ” which would make enemy combatants “sexually irresistible to one another.” The Gay Bomb masterminds requested six years and a budget of $ million to complete the project. The U. The proposal, disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information request, called for developing chemicals affecting human behavior "so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected.

The concept involved dispersing sex pheromones to induce mutual sexual attraction among enemy soldiers, with the intention of causing confusion and disrupting military cohesion. Barry Venable of the Army, a Defense Department spokesman, said: "This suggestion arose essentially from a brainstorming session, and it was rejected out of hand.

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