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1/ It's Friday! Here's a thread of weird psyops and tactical weapons.
South Korea used to blast k-pop across the DMZ at North Korean guards
South Korea used to blast k-pop across the DMZ at North Korean guards
2/ Nazi dive bombers had "Jericho Trumpets” sirens to intimidate targets; the CIA tried to reproduce it but decided they didn't actually really work
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32966/cia-tracked-down-a-nazi-scoured-museums-to-build-an-aircraft-siren-to-scare-the-hell-out-of-people
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32966/cia-tracked-down-a-nazi-scoured-museums-to-build-an-aircraft-siren-to-scare-the-hell-out-of-people
3/ Wright Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base explored the possibility of designing a chemical bomb which could turn enemy troops gay and horny
https://web.archive.org/web/20060502201217/http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/jnlwdpdf/wpafbchem.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20060502201217/http://www.sunshine-project.org/incapacitants/jnlwdpdf/wpafbchem.pdf
4/ The US Army Air Force and Navy developed bombs that carried bats strapped with napalm (14g/bat) in the 40’s since bats naturally sought out building eaves to hide in when released.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb
5/ Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night was an Imperial Japanese Navy plan to use aircraft carrier submarines to drop ~2 billion smallpox infected fleas on San Diego
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cherry_Blossoms_at_Night
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cherry_Blossoms_at_Night
6/ The CIA had a playlist to induce sleep deprivation in prisoners for interrogation. It included Dirrty (Christina Aguilera), the Barney Theme Song, the Sesame Street Theme Song, Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees), and others https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/02/torture-playlist/
7/ Vespa 150 TAP anti-tank scooter
8/ Acoustic Kitty was a CIA attempt to surgically implant audio bugs into cats and have them hang around Soviet diplomatic buildlings. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-experimented-animals-1960s-too-just-ask-acoustic-kitty-180964313/
9/ Tanks were invented before truly portable radios so here's a British Mark V tank releasing a carrier pigeon.
10/ "Rods from God" is an idea that surfaces every once in a while to drop stuff on targets from space. https://taskandpurpose.com/gear-tech/kinetic-bombardment-kep-weaponry
11/ The 23rd Headquarters Special Troops were recruited from art schools and advertising companies to move inflatable tanks around and send out fake broadcasts to confuse enemy reconnaissance
12/ The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol is an elite Danish Special Forces unit that patrols Greenland with dogs because its too cold for aircraft and trucks.
13/ There was an SR-71 mission to fly figure-8s in-and-out of supersonic speeds to generate sonic booms over Pyongyang during a meeting of Communist leaders just to let them know the US was watching.
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/sr-71-pilot-talks-about-flying-fastest-highest-soaring-aircraft/
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/sr-71-pilot-talks-about-flying-fastest-highest-soaring-aircraft/
14/ The crazy pilots of the CIA tried to fly a big U2 spy plane off of an aircraft carrier in Operation Whale Tale, but painted them to look like Office of Naval Research planes to fool the ship's crew
15/ Not to be outdone, the USAF flew B52s below the deck level of an aircraft carrier to practice flying under Soviet radar
16/ Russian drone used to direct artillery fire by the Zhukovsky-Gagarin Air Force Academy disguised as an owl
17/ The Cold War was whack
https://twitter.com/machinepix/status/831235069779992577?s=21 https://twitter.com/machinepix/status/831235069779992577
https://twitter.com/machinepix/status/831235069779992577?s=21 https://twitter.com/machinepix/status/831235069779992577
