China’s military is developing advanced psychological warfare and brain-influencing weapons as part of a new warfighting strategy, according to a think tank report on People’s Liberation Army cognitive warfare.

The new arms include biological weapons designed to induce sleep or sleep-related disturbances in enemy troops. The goal is to impair cognition and alertness.

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will seek cognitive manipulation and control of enemies.

Other weapons it is working on include “genetic drugs” — pharmaceuticals designed to modify the genetic and physiological makeup of people and seek to impact cognitive, emotional, and behavioral traits.

Source? A think tank said so.

  • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    35·
    10 months ago

    The new arms include biological weapons designed to induce sleep or sleep-related disturbances in enemy troops. The goal is to impair cognition and alertness.

    “We helped the West get a good night’s sleep and they will never forgive us for it” - Xi Jinping xi-god-emperor

    Looking forward to being tranquilised by the PLA and fultoned away to Dengism motherbase to be made to read The Governance of China until I defect or whatever.

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netMEnglish
      15·
      10 months ago

      Me getting dropped off at the Dengist Motherbase, “Oh, no no I’m already with you on all of this. Do you guys have like an advanced course for people who are already communists but haven’t finished reading Capital yet? Maybe some audiobooks for in the field?”