What We Need Is Advanced Forms of Biological Warfare that Can 'Target' Specific Genotypes

[What Would Jesus Do?]

That sentiment comes to us from the Project for the New American Century, a think tank that supplied "talent" to the Reagan and both Bush administrations.

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In September 2000 PNAC released "Rebuilding America's Defenses" a report that promotes "the belief that America should seek to preserve and extend its position of global leadership by maintaining the preeminence of U.S. military forces". The report states, "advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool".​

Project for the New American Century - Wikipedia

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[stickman80]

Are Trumptards a genotype?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Are Trumptards a genotype?

So many ways this could go wrong. I'm glad you found a possible silver lining.

 

[seminole97]

You should read it in context.

https://ia803100.us.archive.org/32/items/RebuildingAmericasDefenses/RebuildingAmericasDefenses.pdf

It's not saying that is a weapon that the US could develop, but one that US enemies could develop:

Although it may take several decades for the process of transformation to unfold, in time, the art of warfare on air, land, and sea will be vastly different than it is today, and “combat” likely will take place in new dimensions: in space, “cyber-space,” and perhaps the world of microbes. Air warfare may no longer be fought by pilots manning tactical fighter aircraft sweeping the skies of opposing fighters, but a regime dominated by long-range, stealthy unmanned craft. On land, the clash of massive, combined-arms armored forces may be replaced by the dashes of much lighter, stealthier and information-intensive forces, augmented by fleets of robots, some small enough to fit in soldiers’ pockets. Control of the sea could be largely determined not by fleets of surface combatants and aircraft carriers, but from land- and space-based systems, forcing navies to maneuver and fight underwater. Space itself will become a theater of war, as nations gain access to space capabilities and come to rely on them; further, the distinction between military and commercial space systems – combatants and noncombatants –will become blurred. Information systems will become an important focus of attack, particularly for U.S. enemies seeking to short-circuit sophisticated American forces. And advanced forms of biological warfare that can “target” specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool.


If you have genes common to Koreans and few others, they could conceivably design a bioweapon to target people without those genes. That's the scare they're going for, it's not advocacy for the U.S. to develop these kinds of bioweapons.

Let's hate the neocons for real reasons, they give us plenty of those.

 

[Finance85]

Fauci should come out of retirement.... He's got relevant expertise on infectious disease gain of function.

 

[jneffer]

so...the nanobots from the last bond movie?

 

[seminole97]

so...the nanobots from the last bond movie?

If you can target cancer cells you can target healthy cells, right?

DNA Nanobots - Emerging Customized Nanomedicine in Oncology​

Rajesh Singh et al. Curr Drug Deliv. 2023.
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Cancer is one of the most lethal diseases of the twenty-first century. Many medicines, including antitumor antibiotics, deliver tedious and severe chemotherapy and radiation treatment, both of which have significant side effects. DNA nanorobots, as an alternative, might be used as a cancer treatment method that is both safer and more precise than current treatments. DNA nanobots are being praised as a major milestone in medical research. The major goal of these nanobots is to find and destroy malignant cells in the human body. A unique strand of DNA is folded into the systematic form to create these nanobots. DNA origami has magnified passive tumor-targeting and prolonged properties at the tumor location. The triangle-like DNA origami, in particular, shows excellent accumulation on passive targeting of the tumor. Self-built DNA origami nanostructures were utilized to deliver the anticancer drug doxorubicin into tumors, and the approach was found to be highly successful in vivo. In another demonstration, a robot was made with the help of DNA origami and aptamer for folding a 90nm long tube-like apparatus. It was carried out to transport the blood coagulation protease thrombin in the interior portion guarded against blood plasma protein and circulating platelets. The robot unfolded once the aptamer was identified and attached to its tumor-specific target molecule, delivering thrombin to the circulation, stimulating coagulation of the regional malignant cells, and proceeding to tumor necrosis and tumor growth inhibition. Various studies revealed the effectiveness of DNA nanobots in cancer therapy.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

so...the nanobots from the last bond movie?

There's a Bond movie with nanobots?

Any good?