December 26, 2025

James Rink, James Casbolt, Alara Blackwell, & Max Spiers | The Super Soldier Roundtable: A Tribute to Max Spiers & James Rink | Part 1 of 2

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None of the roundtable participants like the term "super soldier." The only reason it is being used is because most in the alternative media community are familiar with it. A more appropriate term would be "enhanced humans" or perhaps "genetically modified transhumans."

The future of war is going to look really, really weird. The super soldier research that DARPA is working on right now is unlike anything we have ever seen before. If DARPA is successful, and if the American people don't object, the soldiers of the future will be genetically modified transhumans capable of superhuman feats. Do you want a soldier that can run faster than Usain Bolt? DARPA is working on that. Do you want a soldier that won't need food or sleep for days? DARPA is working on that. Do you want a soldier that can regrow lost limbs? DARPA is working on that. Do you want a soldier that can outlift Olympic weightlifters and communicate telepathically? DARPA is working on that. Americans flock to movies about superheroes and mutants, and soon they may actually have real life superheroes and mutants fighting their wars for them. But at what cost?

According to the U.S. Army's plans for the future, soldiers will be able to carry huge weights, live off their fat stores for extended periods, and even regrow limbs blown apart by bombs. Most gene modification techniques involve placing genetically modified DNA inside a virus and injecting it into the human body. The virus then enters human cells, and its modified DNA attaches itself to human DNA inside those cells.

When you really stop and think about this kind of technology, the implications are staggering. Could viruses be used to genetically modify humanity on a large scale? How would the rest of humanity respond to a "super race" of mutants that are clearly superior to the rest of us? When you start messing with creation, it opens Pandora's Box. The possibilities are endless, but so are the potential problems. Just because we can do something does not mean that we should. There may be consequences decades down the road that we cannot even conceive of right now.

Other super soldier research projects involve advanced technology and robotics rather than genetic modification. DARPA's Silent Talk program has been exploring mind-reading technology with devices that can pick up electrical signals inside soldiers' brains and send them over the internet. With these implants, entire armies will be able to talk without radios. Orders will leap instantly into soldiers' heads and commanders' wishes will become the wishes of their men.

DARPA is also developing exoskeletons that will enable soldiers to lift incredible weights without tiring and perform physical tasks that normal soldiers simply could not do. They are also hoping to implant microchips that will constantly monitor the health and physical condition of soldiers in the field.

Technology has progressed to the point where it would definitely be possible for a scientific dictatorship to completely and totally dominate humanity unlike anything we have ever seen before. We should be very careful about what we create. We might be creating our own living hell.

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