Weapon that would turn enemy combatants gay

The idea never came to fruition. But document itself describes the plan as 'distasteful' but emphasizes that it is 'completely non-lethal. But the scientists behind the 'gay bomb' did receive the IG Nobel Prize in This parody award recognizes unusual research that 'first makes you laugh, then makes you think.

A three-page document obtained by the Sunshine Project, an anti- biological weapons organization, details the laboratory's proposal for a bomb 'that contained a chemical that would cause enemy soldiers to become gay.

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The US Air Force once made plans for a 'gay bomb' that would use chemical aphrodisiacs to make enemy soldiers 'irresistibly attractive to one another. In addition to the aphrodisiac bomb, which the media stylized as the 'gay bomb' in the early s, the document lays out several other outlandish ideas.

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The scientists theorized that this would make their units 'break down' because 'all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another. The concept involved dispersing sex pheromones to induce mutual sexual attraction among enemy soldiers, with the intention of causing confusion and disrupting military cohesion.

The scientists behind the gay bomb theorized that its gases would make their units 'break down' because 'all their soldiers became irresistibly attractive to one another' STOCK. Also Read: 13 Tips For Dating On A US Navy Ship “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.

Even though there was no legitimate evidence to suggest this would work, the Sunshine Project found that the Pentagon submitted the proposal to highest scientific review body in the country — the National Academy of Sciences — in The concept was crafted during a time when homophobia was generally more prevalent and accepted in the US than it is today, especially within the military.

By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Today, the ARFL is still actively working to develop non-lethal weapons. In the years that followed, they also proposed chemical weapons that would make the enemy's skin highly sensitive to the sun, stimulated flatulence among the troops and even one that would give them 'severe and lasting' bad breath.

We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. The gay bomb would be a cloud of gas that would be discharged over enemy camps “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.” Basically, the pheromones in the gas would turn the soldiers gay.

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Meghan Markle compares herself to the Obamas as she tries to put a positive spin on her Netflix woes " 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.

These include chemical bombs that would attract and aggravate stinging or biting bugs, rodents and other pests; or 'mark' soldiers with a scent so foul they could be easily identified as the enemy. The US defence department considered various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale.

Inan Air Force laboratory submitted a three-page proposal to develop a hormone bomb that would turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals. Indeed, when President Bill Clinton tried to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military, he was met with strong opposition from top military brass.

The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Yes, you read the headline correctly. The plans were for a six-year. The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say.

Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath. 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.

Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy. A three-page document obtained by the Sunshine Project, an anti-biological weapons organization, details the laboratory's proposal for a bomb that contained 'strong aphrodisiacs' that would cause enemy soldiers 'to become gay'.

The idea behind all of these proposed weapons was to distract or debilitate the enemy without killing them to give the US an advantage, but none of them ever came to fruition.