"During his last run for the presidency, in 2012, Russian leader Vladimir Putin startled U.S. military experts with a mysterious pledge to develop novel kinds of weapons to counter the West’s technological edge. Armies of the future, he said, would need weapons “based on new physical principles” including “genetic” and “psychophysical” science."
There is every indication that Putin has been investing A LOT in unconventional forms of weaponry. We are now somewhat privy to the kind of cyber warfare he will wage. Russia has long been the leader in chem-bio WMDs. This seems like a clear extension of that. If you want to see the bigger historical picture, see David Hoffman's Pulitzer prize winning book, The Dead Hand.
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