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Air Force: ‘Overwhelm Enemy Cognitive Abilities’ with Bioscience

The Air Force is looking to harness advances in bio-science so they can “degrade enemy performance and artificially overwhelm enemy cognitive abilities.” It’s all part of a $49 million dollar bio-research effort unveiled last month by the Air Force Research Lab’s “Human Effectiveness Directorate,” and it’s the latest in a series of out-there military ideas to [...]

Portable pain weapon may end up in police hands

The idea of “government of the people, by the people,
for the people” is pretty much shot to hell when the “government” seeks military means and methods (lethal or not) by which to “control civilians”, ie. the people.

THE Pentagon’s efforts to develop a beam weapon that can deter an adversary by causing a burning sensation on their [...]

Cyberwar – Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan

A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising significant privacy and diplomatic concerns, as the Obama administration moves ahead on efforts to protect the nation from cyberattack and to prepare for possible offensive operations against adversaries’ computer networks.
Computers, indispensable in peace, are becoming ever more important in political conflicts and open warfare. [...]

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