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.

  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    which explained how susceptible Americans captured on foreign soil would be

    "Could it be that our butchery is morally bankrupt, and that our adversary has good ideas? No, they must be mind controlling our people"

    • ForkBombRaja [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      I like how American propaganda is more likely to be like "the reds are evil wizards" than aknowledging that socialism is a good idea.

      • fox [comrade/them]
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        8 months ago

        "They have universal healthcare, 100% literacy, no homeless, better nutrition, and all their children are educated for free through university. They might be on to something."

        "You've just been brainwashed, shut up" how-much-could-it-cost