When Comrade Stalin sensed the twin evils of fascism and capitalism threatening Mother Russia, he tapped the boundless ingenuity of the proletariat to create an experimental program of electrode-driven Super Soldiers. Genetic engineering? Pfft — that’s for decadent Americans like Steve Rogers.
This is Pravda’s answer to the forthcoming blockbuster Captain America.
From 1936 to 1941, Soviet scientists “implanted gold electrodes” into the brains of 300 unwitting “volunteers,” thereby “eliminating the pain center.” (Neurologists have now stopped reading this piece.) Then they were turned into cyborgs, as their “limb bones” received “titanium implants that protected the soft tissues against landmines or shells, as well as from gunshot injuries.” Because in Soviet Russia, pain feels you.
Read More: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/soviet-super-soldiers/
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