Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue. “It does sound like science fiction,” said Crowley. During the cold war and after, the US, Soviet Union and China all “actively sought” to develop CNS-acting weapons, said Crowley. The academics argue that the ability exists to create much more “sophisticated and targeted” weapons that would once have been unimaginable. after newsletter promotionDando is emeritus professor of international security at the University of Bradford and a leading expert on biological and chemical weapons control.
