Gay bomb 1409995 225260418 2008-07-12T19:18:44Z M4771 5010632 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 225252116 by [[Special:Contributions/99.250.133.210|99.250.133.210]] ([[User talk:99.250.133.210|talk]]) :''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 - 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