Posted on 06/12/2007 11:58:23 AM PDT by Froufrou
The Air Force on Tuesday confirmed a report that in 1994 a military researcher requested $7.5 million to develop a non-lethal "love bomb" that would chemically alter the state of mind of enemy troops and make them want to have sex with each other rather than fight. Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Cathy Reardon said the idea was proposed by an Air Force researcher at a lab at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas, but it was rejected by the Defense Department. Officials noted that the Air Force constantly is considering funding proposals. No money was spent, Reardon said, and no such weapons are being considered. The goal was to create a non-lethal weapon to be used against enemy troops. First reported by KPIX-TV in San Francisco, the discovery of the "gay bomb" proposal came from a Freedom of Information Act request made by Edward Hammond of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, a watchdog group that tracks military spending. As part of the military's goal of developing 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."
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What if the wind blows in the wrong direction?
Who used it on San Francisco?
Make love not War!! lol
Did anyone tell Al Quada it was a placebo?
Heard this a long time ago.
Accidental detonation in the San Fransisco lab scuttled the project.
Was it designated the BFU-69?
They saved a bunch of money by spending $15 dollars on the bomb that made them want to have sex with goats.
Damn. I think they tested this thing over San Francisco!
lemme guess: they tried starting with camel and goat pheremones
No funding spent, no chemicals considered, no contract let, no action taken.
It’s doubtful that such a compound exists in the first place.
What an exciting article about nothing at all.
If it did not have the emanation of a penumbra of sleazy sex it would never have made the news at all.
Did anyone tell Al Quada it was a placebo?LOL!
Every time I read this, it occurs to me it me it might backfire: imagine our guys coming across muzzies ravaging each other instead of fighting. They might just collapse in helpless laughter!
I laughed too as I typed.
Don’t Bomb- Don’t Tell?
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