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DARPA Offers No Food for Thought

Posted by michael on from the oatmeal-cookie-bar-deemed-harmful dept.

frank249 writes "Wired News has an article outlining the US Defense Advanced Research Projects agency's (DARPA) research into ways to keep soldiers fighting for up to 5 days without food. The DARPA project, called 'Metabolic Dominance' or 'peak soldier performance' is part of a wider, future-facing Pentagon research push to develop grunts who are pretty much immune to normal human demands. Perhaps they should call this the Universal Soldier project?"

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  1. Pssst. Oh yeah, that's the stuff. by numbski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ready commander?

    LOL, sorry I now have Starcraft marines running through my head. Stimpacks and all.

    Nothing scarier than a mob of stimmed marines with range and strength enhancements. ;)

    Actually, I'm lying. A similar sized mob of zealots. *shivers* ...wait a sec.... *looks around* A mob of zealots! Aaaiiii!

    *run away*

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  2. I'd call it Meth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I'm sure the DARPA solution will be much more expensive.

  3. Millitary app? by Jedi1USA · · Score: 5, Funny

    "So Darpa, the U.S. military's far-out research arm, wants scientists to figure out if soldiers can operate at top levels -- without lunch breaks."

    Sounds like my job requirements.

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  4. Beta testers ready!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    LATEST NEWS: Dolph Lundgren and Van Damme have both said yes to become beta testers.

  5. Grant takes Richmond with a Hoagie by malia8888 · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article: center has also funded research into transdermal patches that would deliver nutrients, just as nicotine patches give ex-smokers their fixes.

    Great, now our military goes to war with a sandwich strapped to their buttocks. Where is the dignity in that?

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