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:''This article is about the chemical weapon. For the controversial Afghanistan War photograph, see [[fag bomb]].''
The "'''Halitosis bomb'''" and "'''Gay bomb'''" are informal names for two [[theoretical]] [[non-lethal]] [[chemical weapon]]s, which a [[United States Air Force]] research laboratory speculated about producing.
In 1994 the [[Air Force Research Laboratory|Wright Laboratory]] in [[Ohio]] produced a three-page proposal on 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.
==Leaked documents==
In both of the documents, the possibility was canvassed that a strong [[aphrodisiac]] could be dropped on enemy troops, ideally one which would also cause "homosexual behavior". The documents described the aphrodisiac weapon as "distasteful but completely [[non-lethal]]". The "New Discoveries Needed" section of one of the documents implicitly acknowledges that no such chemicals are actually known. The reports also include many other off-beat ideas, such as spraying enemy troops with [[honey bee pheromones|bee pheromones]] and then hiding numerous [[beehive (beekeeping)|beehives]] in the combat area, and a chemical weapon that would give the enemy bad breath.
== Body odors ==
[[Body odor]] remote-engineering, such as [[halitosis]] and [[hyperhidrosis]] was another possibility discussed. How these would be produced would again be by a non-lethal chemical weapon -- possibly one that would affect the [[hormonal]] and [[digestive]] systems. [[Diabetes]] which is also another frequently reported ailment, can of course contribute to this goal. It appears that a 'heavy [[sweating bomb]]', '[[flatulence bomb]]' and '[[halitosis bomb]]' were also considered by a committee at the time. The plan was to make an enemy so [[smelly]] they could be quite literally [[sniffed out]] of hiding by their opponents. It was also considered fairly damaging to the enemy's [[morale]] as well.
==Ig Nobel Prize awards==
Wright Laboratory won the 2007 [[Ig Nobel Prize|Ig Nobel Peace Prize]] for "instigating research & development on a chemical weapon—the so-called 'gay bomb' / 'poof bomb' —that will make enemy soldiers become sexually irresistible to each other."<ref>{{cite web
| title = Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize
| publisher = Improbable Research
| date = 2007
| url = http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2007
| accessdate = 2007-10-18 }}</ref> However, Air Force personnel contacted were not willing to attend the award ceremony at Harvard University's Sanders Theater to accept the award in person.
== See also ==
* [[Homokaasu]], a [[fictitious]] [[poison]]ous [[chemical]] substance
* [[Bremelanotide]], the only known [[synthetic]] [[aphrodisiac]]
* ''[[The Nude Bomb]]'', a [[1980]] [[comedy film]] about a bomb that [[dissolved]] [[clothing]]
* [[Frey effect]] (science).
== References ==
<references/>
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/jnlwdpdf/wpafbchem.pdf
| title = "Harassing, Annoying, and 'Bad Guy' Identifying Chemicals"
| format = [[PDF]]
| publisher = [[Sunshine Project]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite news
| first = Michael
| last = Smith
| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1481260/Pentagon-planned-love-bomb.html
| title = Pentagon planned love bomb
| work = Telegraph.co.uk
| publisher = ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''
| date = [[15 January]] [[2005]]
| accessdate = 2008-04-30
}}
* {{cite news
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4174519.stm
| title = US military pondered love not war
| work = news.bbc.co.uk
| publisher = BBC News
| date = [[15 January]] [[2005]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite news
| first = Jeremy
| last = Bransten
| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2007/01/mil-070130-rferl02.htm
| title = U.S.: Pentagon Unveils The Next Generation Of Nonlethal Weapons
| work = GlobalSecurity.org
| date = [[30 January]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite news
| first = Hank
| last = Plante
| url = http://cbs5.com/national/Pentagon.gay.bomb.2.284976.html
| title = Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A 'Gay Bomb'
| work = cbs5.com
| publisher = [[KPIX-TV]]
| date = [[8 June]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2008-04-30
}}
* {{cite news
| first = Jerome
| last = Bernard
| url = http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C06%5C16%5Cstory_16-6-2007_pg4_12
| title = Pentagon once mulled 'gay bomb' to promote love not war
| work = [[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]
| publisher =
| date = [[16 June]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2008-04-30
}}
* {{cite news
| url = http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/04/ig.nobels.ap/index.html
| title = Ig Nobel awards celebrate the sillier side of science
| work = [[CNN.com]]
| publisher = CNN
| date = [[5 October]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2007-10-05
}}
*Michael Smith, “[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/15/wlove15.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/01/15/ixnewstop.html The Gay bomb]", The Telegraph, 15/01/2005.
== External links ==
* {{cite web
| first = Mark
| last = Simpson
| url = http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2007/10/06/the-gay-bomb-covers-the-us-air-force-in-glory/
| title = 'Armed and Amorous'
| publisher = The Guardian
| date = [[13 June]] [[2007]]
}}
* {{cite web
| first = Greg
| last = Hambrick
| url = http://gaycharleston.ccpblogs.com/2007/06/12/gay-bomb-for-real/
| title = Gay Bomb, For Real
| work = Gay Charleston: A Charleston City Paper Blog
| publisher = Charleston City Paper
| date = [[12 June]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Kay
| first = Jonathan
| date = [[12 June]] [[2007]]
| url = http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2007/06/12/jonathan-kay-on-the-pentagon-s-plan-to-build-a-gay-bomb-why-is-this-2005-story-news-again.aspx
| title = "Jonathan Kay on the Pentagon's plan to build a 'gay bomb': Why is this 2005 story news again?"
| work = Full Comment
| publisher = [[National Post]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://thegaybomb.com
| title = The Gay Bomb, with parody diagram
| work = Unknown Website Parody
| publisher = Unknown Publisher
| date = [[12 June]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2007-06-16
}}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.hadassahsbizzare.com/cdaudio.htm
| title = Hadassah's Bizzare - Electro Poetry & Absurdist Prose
| work = Gay Bomb
| publisher = Axon D'Luxe
| date = [[22 November]] [[2007]]
| accessdate = 2007-11-22
}}
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