Operation Drop Kick
Template:Short description Operation Drop Kick was conducted between April and November 1956 by the US Army Chemical Corps[1] to test the practicality of employing mosquitoes to carry an entomological warfare agent in different ways. The Chemical Corps released uninfected female mosquitoes into a residential area of Savannah, Georgia, whose residents had agreed to participate in the project, and then estimated how many mosquitoes entered houses and bit people. Within a day, many reports of mosquito bites were received.[2] In 1958, the Chemical Corps released 1,000,000 mosquitoes in Avon Park, Florida.
These tests showed that mosquitoes could be spread by means of various devices.[3]
The 1964 movie Dr. Strangelove also refers to an Operation Drop Kick.[4]
The TV series Archer refers to Operation Drop Kick as the codename of a CIA mission to take over a country in Latin America.[5]
See also
- Unethical human experimentation in the United States
- Operation Big Buzz
- Operation Big Itch
- Operation May Day
References
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- ↑ Rose, William H. "An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as a Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations", U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Dugway Proving Ground, March 1981, via thesmokinggun.com, accessed December 25, 2008
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