Originally posted on sciy.org by Ron Anastasia on Wed 05 Oct 2005 11:57 PM PDT
Posted to Brainwaves.com by Zack
Neurowarfare, the use of weapons that target the human central nervous
system, is an escalating concern. This month's Acumen Journal uncovers
some areas of Russian neurowarfare research:
- Project Flute: a neurotoxic agent
that becomes activated during times of stress or great emotion, and can
damage the nervous system, alter moods, trigger psychological changes
and even kill.
- Project Bonfire: similiar to Flute, Bonfire manipulate peptides and hormones that regulate our nervous systems.
- Unnamed: extensive research into creating agents that would cause fatal overloads of bliss
Dr. John Aquila, A RAND analyst,
offers an interesting thought: "We (USA) could own every Russian
bioweapons expert for the rest of their lives for about the price of 1
F-18 attach aircraft." Although this might slow down the development of
neuroweapons in Russia, it is far from a panacea to this newly emerging
threat.
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