US intelligence agencies did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether China is looking for super-soldiers like those in the movie “Captain America” .
US intelligence indicates that China has been conducting “body testing” of its military personnel in the hope of developing soldiers with “biologically enhanced capabilities”.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on December 4 made the shocking information above in an analysis published in the Wall Street Journal. In this analysis, he affirmed that China is a national security threat to the US. “There are no moral boundaries to Beijing’s pursuit of power,” Mr. Ratcliffe said.
China is interested in using gene editing technology to enhance human performance.
His office and the CIA did not immediately respond to requests for more explanation on the notion that China is seeking to create “super soldiers” like those depicted in Hollywood films like “Captain.” America”, “Bloodshot” and “Universal Soldier”.
Last year, two American academics wrote a review of China’s ambitions in applying biotechnology to the battlefield, including indications that China is interested in using the technology to retouch. genes to enhance the performance of humans – and possibly soldiers.
In particular, the academics point out that Chinese researchers are using CRISPR gene editing technology . However, Western scientists say that editing genes to increase the capacity of healthy people is against the principle.
Elsa Kania and Wilson VornDick quoted a 2015 article in a Chinese military magazine as saying: “Chinese military scientists and strategists have emphasized that biotechnology can become a high-level one. new strategy of the future military revolution”.
According to these two scholars, in 2017, a Chinese army general once emphasized that: “modern biotechnology and information, nanotechnology and experience will affect weapons, space, shape combat mode and military doctrine”.
In addition, Mr. VornDick also warned: “When we experiment with genetically modified organisms, there can be unintended consequences.”