'China has done human testing to create biologically enhanced super soldiers, says top U.S. official

[Nexus2]

U.S. intelligence shows that China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced capabilities," the top U.S. intelligence official said Friday.

John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, included the explosive claim in a long Wall Street Journal op-ed in which he made the case that China poses the pre-eminent national security threat to the U.S.

"There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing's pursuit of power," wrote Ratcliffe, a Republican former member of Congress from Texas.

His office and the CIA did not immediately respond to requests to elaborate on the notion that China sought to create "super soldiers" of the sort depicted in Hollywood films like "Captain America," "Bloodshot" and "Universal Soldier."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/china-has-done-human-testing-create-biologically-enhanced-super-soldiers-n1249914

[spanone]

1. hey ratcliffe.....there are no ethical boundaries in trump's pursuit of power either

[Ace Rothstein]

2. This sounds like a plot for a movie.

[underpants]

4. Captain China

[Nexus2]

6. Yeah, but so much this year has... O.o

[Arne]

3. We have super soldiers

[Blues Heron]

5. These people NUKED a living breathing city full of innocent people

talking about ethics! That's rich.

This guy wants to pick a fight with the country that makes ALL OUR ELECTRONICS

[Polybius]

14. Japan and South Korea mostly make all our electronics

At least the quality stuff.

[Blues Heron]

15. China makes most of it

I just checked some random stuff - all of it was made in China

A corded phone
A radio
An indoor outdoor thermometer
A pill splitter

that's 4 for 4

the radio was a Sony

none was Korean made. I'm guessing the China/Korea ratio is 99 to 1 in this apartment anyway. There may be a bamboo tea wisk that was made in Japan.

[Polybius]

16. Samsung is the biggest electronics company in the world

LG is rising fast, and both are South Korean. Sony is Japanese.

The stuff you mentioned are likely smaller brands. You are right, those are dominated by China. Check your TV, monitor, video game system, and cell phone. All of the big names are Japanese, South Korean, or American. China produces a lot of cheaply electronics, although I must say they've come a long way in the last 10 years. They got way better.

[Blues Heron]

17. cell phone LG - China

LED bulb - China
Iphone, Ipad - China
Bose docking station -


wait for it






Mexico! Finally a non-China item! heh

[Polybius]

18. Wait, I don't understand

LG is South Korean and Apple is American. Are they outscoring their products to China to save on labor?

[Blues Heron]

19. Gotta be

[maxsolomon]

8. 46 days and he's out on his ass.

Let me be clear about this: FUCK. JOHN. RATCLIFFE.

[NewJeffCT]

9. Isn't Ratcliffe the guy that was recently deemed to have been illegally appointed

to his interim position? Or, was that somebody else?

[edhopper]

13. That is Chad Wolfe

but Radcliffe:

John Ratcliffe is the 'least-qualified person ever nominated' for national intelligence director, officials say
https://theweek.com/speedreads/855768/john-ratcliffe-leastqualified-person-ever-nominated-national-intelligence-director-officials-say

[Javaman]

10. and pity the poor slobs that were the test subject failures. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Someone has been reading or watching far too much

crappy, not science based, science fiction.

[snort]

12. They could just recruit the Irish and save themselves a lot of work.