"The same knowledge that helps us treat neurological disorders could be used to disrupt cognition, induce compliance, or even in the future turn people into unwitting agents."
"We are entering an era where the brain itself could become a battlefield."
"The tools to manipulate the central nervous system - to sedate, confuse, or even coerce - are becoming more precise, more accessible, and more attractive to states."
Advances in neuroscience and related technologies create the potential for central nervous system–acting weapons that can alter perception, memory, and behaviour. Research into such capabilities dates back to the 1950s, when major powers pursued methods to incapacitate large numbers through unconsciousness, hallucination, disorientation, or sedation. Historical programs produced compounds like BZ, which was mass-manufactured, weaponized into cluster munitions, and tested on soldiers. Contemporary innovations include syringe-based narcosis devices and increasingly precise CNS manipulation tools. Growing precision, accessibility, and state interest raise the risk of cognition disruption and induced compliance.
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