Joel Achenbach — The Pentagon Wants To Job A Bioengineered Insect Dry Soil Forces To Protect Crops

Critics fearfulness it could expire a bio-weapon.…

The program, funded past times the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has a warm too fuzzy name: 'Insect Allies'. But closed to critics abide by the whole affair creepy.

A squad of skeptical scientists too legal scholars published an article inwards the mag Science on Th disceptation that the Insect Allies programme opens a "Pandora's box" too involves technology scientific discipline that "may last widely perceived equally an try to prepare biological agents for hostile purposes too their agency of delivery".

A website created past times the critics puts their objection to a greater extent than bluntly: "The DARPA programme is easily weaponized".

DARPA's programme managing director for Insect Allies, Blake Bextine, pushed dorsum on the Science article, maxim the programme is but for peaceful purposes, has been reviewed past times regime agencies responsible for agricultural security too has multiple layers of safeguards built into the interrogation protocols, including full containment of the insects.

Know anyone who believes the DARPA story? I've got a pair to sell them.

Interesting read though.

Science Alert
The Pentagon Wants to Create a Bioengineered Insect Army to "Protect Crops" 

Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post

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