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MilSpec Biotech

Posted by michael on from the into-the-outdoors-with-gun-and-camera dept.

Glurx writes: "The US Army commissioned a report so they could explore how the biotechnology revolution can enhance their ability to execute their missions on battlefields in the next few decades. The SF Chronicle has a story about it. You can read the report here."

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  1. Re:If they're so sophisticated... by Bob+Uhl · · Score: 4
    Reducing war is exactly in the military's interest, and it knows this. Who is it who dies in wars? Not politicians. Not mindless twits like the above poster. No, it's the soldiers and sailors who get their legs blown off, who are blinded, who spend the rest of their lives in pain and agony. The less killing and maiming, the happier the military is. Believe or not, some of the staunchest pacifists are in the military. Unlike some pacifists, though, they are realists: they know that if one wishes war, one prepares for peace, and that if one wishes peace, one prepares for war. They wish peace, and hence hone their warmaking skills.

    War is a fact of life and of history. It is inevitable. But it can be controlled and the likelihood reduced. The only way to reduce it, though, is to make warfare cheap for oneself and expensive for the other guy--this means that he would be a fool to start hostilities.

  2. "Conclusions and recommendations" by 3-State+Bit · · Score: 4
    I realize almost no one is going to even look at all those pdf documents, but here's a sentence I liked from the final pages of the report:
    In keeping with national policy, the study did not consider offensive biological weapons; however, the committee believes that all biotechnology development should be undertaken with defenses against such weapons in mind.
    God bless America.


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