Is China trying to make its own version of Captain America? US intelligence has suggested so. But beyond the hype, the possibility of a super soldier is not so outlandish and one that not just China is interested in.
With deep pockets, and a desire to get an edge, the world's militaries have often driven technological innovation, from the state-of-the-art to the humble.
Take duct tape. It was the result of a suggestion from an Illinois ordnance factory worker, who had sons serving in the navy during World War Two.
Worried about soldiers under fire fumbling with the flimsy paper tape then used to seal ammunition boxes, Vesta Stoudt had a solution - a waterproof, cloth tape. She was unable to win the support of her supervisors, but was more successful when she wrote to President Roosevelt, who instructed war producers to turn her idea into reality.
If military necessity can give us better sticky tape, what else might it do? Full Article @ The BBC
U.S. intelligence shows that China has conducted “human testing” on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hopes of developing soldiers with “biologically enhanced capabilities,” the nation’s top intelligence official said Friday.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe included that explosive claim in a long Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he made the case that China poses the preeminent national security threat to the U.S.
“There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing’s pursuit of power,” wrote Ratcliffe, a former Republican congressman from Texas. Full Article @ CNBC
Nazis took methamphetamine or "crystal meth" during the Second World War to stay alert and awake for superhuman stretches of time.
Inside the ‘super-soldier arms race’ to create genetically modified killing machines unable to feel pain or fear
THE ultimate warrior would be unable feel fear or pain, capable of running at Olympic speeds, and even immune to modern weapons.
Their existence was once only possible in the realm of science fiction — but a new worldwide arms race is pitting nation states against each other to be the first to successfully create real genetically modified super soldiers.
Militaries have a long history of using powerful drugs to temporarily turn their troops into transcendant Terminator-style killers.
And even the British military bought thousands of Modafinil pills — which boost brain-power — ahead of the Iraq War. In China, it is reasonable to assume that they are enhancing their battlefield soldiers on all these fronts. . ... Full Article @ The U.S. Sun