Marines Go Where the Battle Is As such, DARPA wants drugs that can counterthe ill effects of high altitudes. USMC
From Popular Science:
The Pentagon wants a U.S. fighting force with global reach, ready to deploy anywhere at any time and operate at full capacity. But while keeping our troops in shape and our powder dry are relatively easy tasks, environmental variables are out of our fighting force’s hands. As such, DARPA has awarded $4.7 million to researchers to come up with inhalable drugs that eliminate the negative impacts of high altitude on soldiers by helping their bodies to rapidly acclimate.
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Comment: The Danger Room has more info on this Darpa project. The link is here.
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