This is according to the study "Neurowar Is Here," published in December 2021 by Joshua D. Gramm and Brian A. Branagan to complete their Masters of Science degrees in Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
"Great power competition has returned to the forefront of international relations, as China and Russia seek to contest America's global leadership," wrote Gramm and Branagan. "This contest is ultimately a battle… to manipulate and control both adversaries and domestic populations alike. The battle for influence begins and ends in the human mind, where reality is perceived."
According to the study, neuroweapons target the brain or central nervous system, manipulating the mental state, capacity and behavior of their targets. The authors argue that mass media is hiding this ongoing battle for control of people's minds and thoughts, making it all the more terrifying.
They identified neuroweapons as the weapons of this battle, "that specifically target the brain or the central nervous system in order to affect the targeted person's mental state, mental capacity and ultimately the person's behavior in a specific and predictable way."
This reality has been understood by military analysts and technologists since at least the year 2000. This is when the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology published a study on crowd control technologies and when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced new policies on the use of non-lethal weapons and the use of radio frequency and directed energy weapons which can manipulate human behavior in unprecedented ways. These developments gravely concern Gramm and Branagan....<<<Read More>>>...