“If you think these forces/capabilities won’t be used against civilians at home, I have a bridge I’d like to sell you.”

The Pentagon is looking toward a future where the U.S. deploys “super soldiers” directly inspired by Captain America and Iron Man. The soldier of the future will be “flooded with pain-numbing stimulants,” cybernetically enhanced, and, one official sort-of joked, must be eventually “terminated.”

On Wednesday, a group of military and military-adjacent scientists gathered at a conference to discuss the possibility of creating a super soldier.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eky8/pentagon-scientists-discuss-cybernetic-super-soldiers-that-feel-nothing-while-killing-in-dystopian-presentation