US Military Pursued 'Sex Bomb' Research

This is so absolutely hilarious that I'll just present the link without much comment:
www.newscientist.com...


"THE Pentagon considered developing a host of non-lethal chemical weapons that would disrupt discipline and morale among enemy troops, newly declassified documents reveal.
Most bizarre among the plans was one for the development of an "aphrodisiac" chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a "distasteful but completely non-lethal" blow to morale, the proposal says."


[edit on 13-1-2005 by onlyinmydreams]

hmnn... I'm surprised that the people who think america is an evil empire aren't all over this.

Note, however, that the idea for the sex bomb (would it have been called 'gay gas'?) dates to the Clinton era.

Yeah, what would the press be saying if we dropped this one on the Muslims?

Originally posted by djohnsto77
Yeah, what would the press be saying if we dropped this one on the Muslims?

I think that was the idea: If you're fighting a force of religious zealots (Al Qaeda, for instance) and you know that they don't care about material losses... the only way you can defeat them is to use demoralization. Though homosexuality might be secretly practiced in conservative muslim societies... seeing Osama making out with Zarqawi on the internet would probably blow away all of their support.

lol this is the funniest dam thing ive seen on ats so far this takes the cake lmao im on the floor laughing like hell we should get our troops out of there and test that little baby out it will be very effective lmao i cant stop laughing

"Other ideas included chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, making them uninhabitable."

Omg lol!! maybe this one takes the cake i cant decide lmao!! lol i cant stop laughing its so dam hilarious ahahaah its all your fault oimd....

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and unlike most of our tek, it cant be turned back on us. Not like the atw's we sold sadam.

If they got hold of our secret stash of "gay bombs" it wouldnt not effect us. Mite even improve moralle.

They could call it the DADT (Don't Ask Don't Tell) bomb.

I can't think of some places to drop it... Oklahoma's nice this time of year isn't it? Alabama and Mississipi too?

Now to see somthing like that I'd be a grunt in the Army!!!

That and it would help when we're chasing them through the mountains I'm sorry but the thought of a couple hundred bearded guys in pajama pants running bowlegged with AK's, I can barelly stay in my chair.

Judging by this photo, the sex bomb/gay gas may already be in use:






Remember the telatubbie controversy?





We all know about Bert and Ernie

This quote from the same article had me laughing.

[q]Other ideas included chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, making them uninhabitable. [/q]

for some reason all I could see was a pied piper leading the rats -- so maybe they don't need chemical weapons for that -- just pipe in the right music.

jm

This quote from the same article had me laughing.

Other ideas included chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, making them uninhabitable.

for some reason all I could see was a pied piper leading the rats -- so maybe they don't need chemical weapons for that -- just pipe in the right music.

jm

edited to change mistakes because it is 2am and I am tired......

[edit on 14-1-2005 by justme1640]

Originally posted by justme1640

This quote from the same article had me laughing.

Other ideas included chemical weapons that attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats to troop positions, making them uninhabitable.

for some reason all I could see was a pied piper leading the rats -- so maybe they don't need chemical weapons for that -- just pipe in the right music.

jm

edited to change mistakes because it is 2am and I am tired......

[edit on 14-1-2005 by justme1640]

Yeah...

at the point where they are trying to create a gas that can attract wasps... they might as well just create giant monitor lizards and paradrop them on the enemy. Though these ideas were all moronic... you have to wonder if things like the recent locust swarms in africa were a test of tech created by this line of thinking.

Well,
To be frank, I'm surprised that more anti-US government types haven't jumped on this. That being said, I want to say that, for the record, I'm extremely disgusted by the apparent attitude behind this project. Using chemical weapons to alter a person's sexuality is horrendous and abyssmal. This tactic, had it been used in a real war, would have been un-chivalrous and dirty. When I was joking about it, above, I was making fun of the brains behind it as much as anything else. I truly hope that no one at ATS thinks that I, even humorously, endorse a weapon that messes with a person's sexuality.

I'll also confess, though, that I think that certain terrorist agents... certain nation-less killers... can only be broken through psychological intimidation/manipulation. I am not, therefore, trying to make a 'brotherhood of man' appeal to the ATS community so as to be seen as a nice person. I do, however, think that it would be disgusting and stupid to try to meddle, by using chemical weapons, with the sexual activity of the uniformed soldiers of an adversarial sovereign state. Suxh would be the type of dirty war that befits a terrorist.

I'd have to say this is the ultimate weapon, even if it's nonlethal. Seriously, it would make its victims so embarassed that they'd have no choice but to retreat in shame.

No ant-American rants 'cause the America-haters are probably enamoured of the idea.
Make love, not war!

I still think it's a great idea. Bring on the sexplosion! Let's rock the Muslims' world!

IMHO, it may be the best/only good idea the Clinton administration ever had!

OMG, this has to be the stupidest one of all.

Another was to develop a chemical that caused "severe and lasting halitosis [bad breath]", making it easy to identify guerrillas trying to blend in with civilians.

Soldier 1: "Oh my God! He's got bad breath! Quick, shoot him!"
Soldier 2: "NO! WAIT!! I JUST FORGOT TO BRUSH MY TEE-"
BANG! KABANG! BANG!
Soldier 2: *dies*
Soldier 1: "Try to fool me will ya, you bad-breathed guerilla."

WME's : Weapons of Mass Erections


They just drop some ground up oysters and Viagra into an empty shell?

If they found a way to change a persons sexuality then I think some religions would want this to convert homosexuals. Could this mean that there is something wrong with them? That this is some sort of medicine to "cure" homosexuality. I dont want to be called bigoted or anything but is this a possibility?