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Czech Lab Study Showing New Club-Drug Cocktail May Pacify Battlefield
Aggression Reported In November DTI
PR Newswire
Mix of sedatives and 'party' drug successfully tested: Will it be
weaponized?
November 05, 2007: 01:15 PM EST
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A Czechoslovakian lab has reported
success testing new mixes of sedatives and ketamine, an illicit "dance
party" drug, to pacify hostile rhesus monkeys, and proposed the cocktail
could be used as a behavioral weapon in combat.
The findings spotlight an emerging new intersection of high-tech
pharmacology and non-lethal weapons development, and rekindle ethical and
political questions about what is acceptable on the battlefield, according
to a report by Michael Dumiak in the November issue of Defense
Technology International (DTI) magazine.
DTI, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies' AVIATION WEEK, is an
integrated media business dedicated to covering the interplay of defense
technology, funding, operations, programs and policies. It launched in
September 2005 with DTI magazine as a bi-monthly supplement to Aviation
Week & Space Technology. DTI quickly established itself with a worldwide
circulation of 38,000 military, government and defense industry
decision-makers, defense infrastructure opinion leaders and influencers, and
this year began publishing as a monthly stand-alone magazine. In
addition to the magazine, the DTI portfolio includes events and web-based
products and services.
The idea to use drugs against aggression in combat is not new, but the
Czech study is notable for its findings and its public disclosure,
Dumiak reported. "While Russian, Chinese and American scientists may have
similar lines of study, the Czechs are brazen enough to go on scientific
record," he wrote, adding, "more than one American researcher
connected with the military thinks [the] presentation is compelling."
The Czech researchers, who compare the global spread of aggression
today to epidemics of infectious disease in the Middle Ages, were most
impressed with the effect of a naphtylmedetomidine-ketamine mix to induce
calming, non-violent behavior in their subjects.
"We achieved complete manipulability of the animal, with low motoric
sedation," said Jitka Schreiberova, one of the study leaders. In addition
to the pharmacological results, their report also addressed weapon
delivery system options such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) laced
paintball-like projectiles.
Additional reporting and commentary on the new wave of war drugs and
other defense technology topics may be found on the ARES defense blog:
www.aviationweek.com/ares
For more DTI news, back issues and future events, go to
www.aviationweek.com/dti
money.cnn.com/news/newsfe...112007-1.htm
Aggression Reported In November DTI
PR Newswire
Mix of sedatives and 'party' drug successfully tested: Will it be
weaponized?
November 05, 2007: 01:15 PM EST
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A Czechoslovakian lab has reported
success testing new mixes of sedatives and ketamine, an illicit "dance
party" drug, to pacify hostile rhesus monkeys, and proposed the cocktail
could be used as a behavioral weapon in combat.
The findings spotlight an emerging new intersection of high-tech
pharmacology and non-lethal weapons development, and rekindle ethical and
political questions about what is acceptable on the battlefield, according
to a report by Michael Dumiak in the November issue of Defense
Technology International (DTI) magazine.
DTI, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies' AVIATION WEEK, is an
integrated media business dedicated to covering the interplay of defense
technology, funding, operations, programs and policies. It launched in
September 2005 with DTI magazine as a bi-monthly supplement to Aviation
Week & Space Technology. DTI quickly established itself with a worldwide
circulation of 38,000 military, government and defense industry
decision-makers, defense infrastructure opinion leaders and influencers, and
this year began publishing as a monthly stand-alone magazine. In
addition to the magazine, the DTI portfolio includes events and web-based
products and services.
The idea to use drugs against aggression in combat is not new, but the
Czech study is notable for its findings and its public disclosure,
Dumiak reported. "While Russian, Chinese and American scientists may have
similar lines of study, the Czechs are brazen enough to go on scientific
record," he wrote, adding, "more than one American researcher
connected with the military thinks [the] presentation is compelling."
The Czech researchers, who compare the global spread of aggression
today to epidemics of infectious disease in the Middle Ages, were most
impressed with the effect of a naphtylmedetomidine-ketamine mix to induce
calming, non-violent behavior in their subjects.
"We achieved complete manipulability of the animal, with low motoric
sedation," said Jitka Schreiberova, one of the study leaders. In addition
to the pharmacological results, their report also addressed weapon
delivery system options such as dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) laced
paintball-like projectiles.
Additional reporting and commentary on the new wave of war drugs and
other defense technology topics may be found on the ARES defense blog:
www.aviationweek.com/ares
For more DTI news, back issues and future events, go to
www.aviationweek.com/dti
money.cnn.com/news/newsfe...112007-1.htm
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