Friday, January 14, 2005
BBC: US military pondered funky war plans
The US military pondered a "gay bomb" which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible to each other, government papers said. Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make enemy soldiers obvious by their bad breath. Scientists also reportedly considered a sting me/attack me chemical weapon to attract swarms of enraged wasps or angry rats towards enemy troops. Also considered, a "Who? Me?" bomb which would simulate flatulence in enemy ranks. However, researchers concluded that the premise for such a device was fatally flawed because "people in many areas of the world do not find faecal odour offensive since they smell it on a regular basis"