The stimulant modafinil, a type of amphetamine, is given to U.S. To that end, Western militaries are working on ways to make the human body better. Or, as one Darpa official put it, the human being itself is "the weakest link in Defense systems." He writes that human augmentation projects of various sorts are underway, fueled by the recognition "that even with the most sophisticated weapons, war remains dependent on soldiers that are subject to physical, cognitive, or psychological vulnerabilities." The ambition to create enhanced, transhuman soldiers is one Black Ops III dramatizes, but not one it invented.Īccording to many researchers, such as Nayef Al-Rodhan writing for the Global Policy Journal, it's a direction Western military R&D is increasingly interested in.
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