If It's Repugnant, The Despicable Pentagon Will Think It Up

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Ready for this? The Pentagon is planning to turn sharks into spies.

The Pentagon is reportedly funding research into neural implants with the ultimate hope of turning sharks into "stealth spies" capable of gliding undetected through the ocean.

According to the British weekly New Scientist, the research builds on experimental work to control animals by implanting tiny electrodes in their brain, which are then stimulated to induce a behavioral response.


"The Pentagon hopes to exploit sharks' natural ability to glide quietly through the water, sense delicate electrical gradients and follow chemical trails," says the report, carried in next Saturday's New Scientist.

"By remotely guiding the sharks' movements they hope to transform the animals into stealth spies, perhaps capable of following vessels without being spotted."

The unusual project is being funded by the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which pioneered the Internet as a platform for robust communications.

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[MadMaddie]

1. Wow....billions of dollars on another boondoggle...

wonder if this is a Rummy idea...

[MrSlayer]

2. I want a shark with a frickin laser on it's head!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Well, it beats getting a real job or doing something for humanity.

I used to wonder how the bastards sleep at night. But, I no longer delude myself that they bother with thinking about what they're doing.