Western militaries intend to “leverage” opportunities to “enable individuals to operate beyond normal human limits or abilities,” according to a new NATO strategy document.
“Biotechnology and human enhancement technologies (BHE) will transform our economies, societies, security and defense in unprecedented and unforeseeable ways,” the allies state. “Against this context, NATO will provide the transatlantic forum for BHE in defense and security, leveraging the potential of BHE while safeguarding against its malicious use by state and non-state actors” who might threaten the alliance.
Such concepts have been the preserve of comic book storylines for decades. Yet NATO officials maintain that a “multi-trillion dollar industry” has been born, albeit one “still in its infancy” — and it is not just Western powers that see the potential, as
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