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Aaron Troutman/Army)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2026/04/10/that-time-the-air-force-proposed-making-a-gay-bomb/</loc><lastmod>2026-04-10T00:00:01.889Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Navy Times</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-10T00:00:01.889Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[That time the Air Force proposed making a ‘gay bomb’]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/92O3_CUDNlg_qitp5a07osEOYjQ=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/P6VAC255YBHFXH22QYV7VTY6ZM.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In 1994, the U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory in Ohio worked on non-lethal ways of incapacitating its enemy. 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