{"id":49649,"date":"2019-11-16T06:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T11:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49649"},"modified":"2019-11-16T06:02:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T11:02:57","slug":"darpa-seeks-militarized-microbes-so-they-can-spread-genetically-modified-bacteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=49649","title":{"rendered":"DARPA Seeks “Militarized Microbes” So They Can Spread Genetically Modified Bacteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DARPA SEEKS \u201cMILITARIZED MICROBES\u201d SO THEY CAN SPREAD GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIA<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Pentagon\u2019s DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to be able to spread genetically modified bacteria as \u201cexplosives sensors.\u201d The United States government could very well be looking into ways to militarize microbes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon has teamed up with Raytheon for this project, which seems like it should come straight out of a dystopian science fiction story. The government wants to develop a system capable of delivering genetically modified bacteria underground, according to a report by RT<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initiated by DARPA, the same agency that led programs to create telekinetic super soldiers and weaponized robotic insects, the project seeks to \u201c<\/em>program two bacterial strains to monitor ground surfaces for explosive materials,\u201d<\/em> defense contractor Raytheon said in a joint press release<\/a> with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DARPA Can Exterminate Humanity: \u2018You Could Feasibly WIPE OUT The Human Race\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So the genetically modified bacteria are for your own good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of the two strains, known as a \u201cbio-sensor,\u201d will \u201cdetect the presence or absence of explosives buried underground,\u201d while the second will produce a \u201cglowing light\u201d in the event such materials are found. Remotely operated cameras or drones would then be sent to survey the area to find the glowing germs, and ultimately the buried explosives. \u2013RT<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe already know that some bacteria can be programmed<\/strong> to be very good at detecting explosives, but it\u2019s harder underground,\u201d said Raytheon researcher Allison Taggart. \u201cWe\u2019re investigating how to transport the reporting bacteria to the required depth underground.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the Pentagon claims it only plans to use the system for \u201c<\/em>defensive\u201d<\/em> purposes only, some may find the idea of militarized microbes off-putting while conjuring apocalyptic scenarios of a runaway genetically engineered superbug<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DARPA SEEKS \u201cMILITARIZED MICROBES\u201d SO THEY CAN SPREAD GENETICALLY MODIFIED BACTERIA The Pentagon\u2019s DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) wants to be able to spread genetically modified bacteria as \u201cexplosives sensors.\u201d The United States government could very well be looking into ways to militarize microbes. The Pentagon has teamed up with Raytheon for this project, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5247,372,6489,6490,11226],"class_list":["post-49649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-darpa","tag-gmo","tag-mac-slavo","tag-shtfplan-com","tag-us-pentagon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49651,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49649\/revisions\/49651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}