China is developing weapons targeting brain functions, with the goal of engaging in cognitive warfare to influence government and military leaders and control entire populations, according to a new report.
“Unknown to many, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have established themselves as world leaders in the development of NeuroStrike weapons,” says the report (pdf), which was written by three intelligence analysts who co-founded the CCP BioThreats Initiative.
Currently, China does not have the defense industrial base to manufacture the types of technologies for a “NeuroStrike” program that matches “the strategic ambitions” of the CCP, the report said, but a breakthrough in research could have serious implications….