Operation Drop Kick

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Between April and November of 1956, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps conducted Operation Drop Kick^[1] to test the practicality of employing mosquitoes to carry a biological warfare agent in different ways. The Corps released uninfected female mosquitoes into a cooperative residential area of Savannah, Georgia, and then estimated how many mosquitoes entered houses and bit people. Within a day the mosquitoes had bitten many people.^[2] In 1958, the Corps released 600,000 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]

References

↑ 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
↑ pp. 101-104 "'Summary of Major Events and Problems: (Reports Control Syrnbol CSHIS-6) United States Army Chemical Corps, FIscal Year 1959"". United States Army Chemical Corps. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
↑ Summary of Major Events and Problems (Reports Control Symbol CSHIS-6) (Technical report). United States Army Chemical Corps. 1960-01-01. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
↑ "Memorable quotes for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb". Retrieved 2008-12-28.

v t e United States biological weapons program

Weaponized agents	Anthrax Botulism Brucellosis Q fever Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Rice blast Tularemia VEE Wheat stem rust

Researched agents	AHF BHF Bird flu CHIKV Dengue fever EEE Glanders Hantavirus Lassa fever Melioidosis Newcastle disease Plague Potato blight Psittacosis Ricin RVF Rinderpest Smallpox Typhus WEE Yellow fever

Munitions	E120 bomblet E133 cluster bomb E14 munition E23 munition E48 particulate bomb E61 bomb E77 balloon bomb E86 cluster bomb E96 cluster bomb Flettner rotor bomblet M114 bomb M115 bomb M143 bomblet M33 cluster bomb

Operations and testing	Operation Big Buzz Operation Big Itch Operation Dark Winter Operation Dew Operation Drop Kick Operation LAC Operation Magic Sword Operation May Day Operation Polka Dot Operation Whitecoat Project 112 Project Bacchus Project Clear Vision Project Jefferson

Facilities	U.S. Army Biological Warfare Labs Building 101 Building 257 Building 470 Deseret Test Center Dugway Proving Ground Fort Detrick Fort Douglas Fort Terry Granite Peak Installation Horn Island Testing Station One-Million-Liter Test Sphere Pine Bluff Arsenal Vigo Ordnance Plant

Related topics	Biological agent Biological warfare (BW) Entomological warfare Korean War BW allegations List of topics U.S. biological defense program U.S. bio-weapons ban War Bureau of Consultants War Research Service

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Operation Drop Kick

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