Posted on 01/14/2005 6:10:54 PM PST by Pokey78
The Pentagon examined the possibility of developing an aphrodisiac bomb that would cause enemy troops to find one another sexually irresistible, newly declassified documents reveal.
It also considered development of a "Who? Me?" bomb that would produce odours that suggested that other soldiers were passing wind or had serious halitosis to disrupt enemy morale.
The £5 million six-year research project suggested the use of "chemicals that affect human behaviour so that discipline and morale in enemy units is adversely affected".
It said: "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behaviour."
It is not known if, or when, the programme was abandoned.
The Pentagon also considered chemicals that would make the enemy troops sexually attractive to "annoying or injurious animals" such as stinging and biting bugs or rodents.
The 1994 plans, from the US air force Wright Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio, were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Sunshine Project, which exposes chemical and biological weapons research.
Since 1945 there had been extensive research into the effectiveness of the "Who? Me?" bomb, the declassified documents said.
But it was found "that people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive since they smell it on a regular basis".
I'm trying to picture Rumsfeld, Myers, Cheney and W all sitting around the table discussing these possibilities.
"But it was found "that people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive since they smell it on a regular basis"."
Where? France?
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Yeah. Right. As IF.
Anybody out there REALLY think that THIS would have any effect upon soldiers in a crowded muslim, Arab foxhole??
The idea was scrapped after the Spring 2004 accidental detonation in San Francisco.
For Muslims, we could make a bomb that smelled like BBQ pork ribs.
I have a feeling that serial beheaders don't get too heated up on the gas and halitosis issues.
All sorts of possibilities come to mind...
Calling Dr. Strangelove.
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.
That might in fact indicate an actual use for the so-called "theory of evolution", which also appears to cause "widespread homosexual behavior", as has been noted on several threads here. If chem warfare has become distasteful to the top Pentagon brass, they could simply heave copies of "Origin of the Species" over the wall.
"But it was found "that people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive since they smell it on a regular basis".
Faecal odour - must be French for perfume, no?
But it was found "that people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive since they smell it on a regular basis".
As I've read it, this idea was actually used in WW-II and since it was taken for granted that Japanese would not be hindered by smelling like manure, a skunk smell chemical was used instead. They figured nobody in Japan had ever had to deal with skunks previously.
While the government dabbled with psychotropics for mind control warfare with mixed results, something much more effective and insidious was being introduced into American society without much fanfare... television.
Hey, whatever works.
Wouldn't this just be MDA 'the love drug'?
A bomb laced in pig blood would be neat for use agains muslims.
I think someone is pulling THE TELEGRAPH's leg!
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