France receives official go-ahead to build a legion of bionic super soldiers

French armed forces received approval from a military ethics committee to officially begin developing "augmented soldiers," according to CNN:

The report, released to the public on Tuesday, considers medical treatments, prosthetics and implants that improve "physical, cognitive, perceptive and psychological capacities," and could allow for location tracking or connectivity with weapons systems and other soldiers.

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