WASHINGTON — The Air Force on Tuesday confirmed a report that in 1994 a military researcher requested $7.5 million to develop a non-lethal "love bomb" that would chemically alter the state of mind of enemy troops and make them want to have sex with each other rather than fight.
Air Force spokeswoman Lt. Col. Cathy Reardon said the idea was proposed by an Air Force researcher at a lab at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas, but it was rejected by the Defense Department. Officials noted that the Air Force constantly is considering funding proposals.
No money was spent, Reardon said, and no such weapons are being considered. The goal was to create a non-lethal weapon to be used against enemy troops.
First reported by KPIX-TV in San Francisco, the discovery of the "gay bomb" proposal came from a Freedom of Information Act request made by Edward Hammond of Berkeley's Sunshine Project, a watchdog group that tracks military spending.
There's more here.... Though why anybody'd WANT much more is beyond me. I can't help wonder how much was spent on this proposal.
No, I have no illustration for this story. No...........I sure don't. no.
z
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No code pinko falling from a tree photo?
Of course this was first reported from San francisco. Someone wake this guy up. It's clear his fantasies have overcome his dreams.
This is hillarious! Thank you Z, for no photos. I can't tell you how grateful I am for that.
Pris
i stumbled across you blog... saw you over at Nikki's. wanted to say hi, and i love your blog. seriously, this post is ridiculous!!!!! what the?
Now that's quite a story. Of course we have considered the possibility of quite a few absurd weapons. Brainstorming comes up with doozies.
It figures that a guy from Berkley was the first to find this out. He probably wanted some of that good stuff for his own personal use.
Isn't it utterly RIDICULOUS?
And we PAID FOR THIS!?
Stories about this have been floating around for some time now.
Kind of gives a new twist to the catch-phrase, "Make love, not war"
I can't believe beamish didn't comment on this one!!
HEY, BEEEEAMISH!!??? This has to be a good one!!
Developed in Texas. I could have guessed that.
How close to Crawford?
OH, Ducky, that insult's just TOO clever and TOO hard hitting! LOL!
The Fox report on the “love bomb” was reposted as far away as China:
afri_simba, described as a Senior Member of the Chinadaily BBS, made these comments:
Make love, not war
Or make a war of love? A love of war?
My guess: Pfizer is the biggest beneficiary of the bomb.
My comment: It might turn war into a shameful thing. Hawks could be targeted by society as sexually suspect.
You rang, Z?
We've had the technology to drop telephone pole sized tungsten rods from low earth orbit to cause megaton-blast level mass destruction with kinetic energy (and without radioactive fallout) for around 30 years now.
No, the Air Force hasn't spent a dime on that either ;)
thanks, Beamish........
Pinky..you're right. WHy bother?
psi bond. War is a shameful thing, nobody wants war.
keep it civil or I PROMISE every single comment, civil or not, will be deleted.
Thank you.
I do not call any poster names. I do not use vulgar words. Nor do I willfully distort a poster’s opinions. I am always civil, Z.
My comment about war was intended to be sarcastic–––I know war is a shameful thing.
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