<p>“The US military investigated building a ‘gay bomb,’ which would make enemy soldiers ‘sexually irresistible’ to each other, government papers say.”</p>
<p>“The plan for a so-called ‘love bomb’ envisaged an aphrodisiac chemical that would provoke widespread homosexual behaviour among troops, causing what the military called a ‘distasteful but completely non-lethal’ blow to morale.”</p>
<p>“The 1994 plans were for a six-year project costing $7.5m, but they were never pursued.”</p>
<p>Adds new meaning to the phrase “make love, not war.” I must say it’s an ingenious approach to defeating the enemy. Because enemy troops are often all-male, heterosexual sex bombs would not work as well. I wonder why this idea was dismissed?</p>
<p>Other options considered: chemicals that would attract wasps and angry rats, make the skin ultrasensitive to sunlight, or cause severe halitosis.</p>
<p>This reminds me of the Monty Python skit where the English developed as a weapon of war a joke that would make whoever heard of it die laughing.</p>
<p>Before we get our underwear twisted up into “the military is stoopid!!3!” knots:</p>
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<p>So, someone came up with a proposal to do some research on some out-of-the-box ideas and the proposal was not adopted. Nothing to see here – move along.</p>
<p>I think the idea was not developed because of the concern that, instead of exploding among enemy troops, it would explode prematurely among US soldiers. Nobody would need to apply the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. It would be obvious that every last soldier would need to be dismissed!</p>