It looks like real iterations of Captain America and Iron Man are not so far in the making as the United States Military has a deep interest in creating super soldiers. As dystopian as it may sound, the US military is reportedly interested in super soldiers inspired by popular movie characters.
So, is that a threat to Chris Evans’ Captain America? Super soldier serum-enhanced military personnel could be a reality in the near future as military scientists catch the interest in breeding programs to give super strength to their soldiers.
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US Military Wants Emotionless Super Soldiers
As per a detailed report by Vice, the Pentagon is eyeing on the emotionless super soldiers who are designed to be the killing machines. In a military conference, ‘The Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference,’ the five top members of the military-industrial complex reportedly discussed super soldiers at the Black Swan—Dawn of the Super Soldier panel. Using the panel, Lauren Reinerman-Jones, an analyst from Defense Acquisition University, said:
“So we have a wide range of panelists here to cover the kind of breadth that might involve a super soldier. Now, when we hear super soldier, what do we usually think? We think Marvel, right? Captain America…Iron Man,” (via Vice).
Synthetic blood and replacing night vision goggles with eye drops were also part of the discussion. Now, Marvel fans find the sense in Chris Evans’ Captain America as he is closer to reality, unlike Thor, Hulk, or Ant-Man.
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Fans React to The Formation of Emotionless Super Soldiers
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Amid several other discussions at the conference, the idea of the emotionless super soldiers got public attention right after the news. Fans took to social platforms to reveal their opinions, and Marvel fans are not behind as they have found the logic behind Captain America’s representation being closer to reality.
So I guess the Captain America movies all make sense now uh? https://t.co/2hcI1JkqhL pic.twitter.com/kimSPvGgdd
— SimplySimone (@simoneumba) December 2, 2023
And we’re worried about AArtificial Intelligence Whatever scientists working on this project have some deep ethical reflection to do.
— The Scritches (@scritches) December 2, 2023
Wars are horrible enough with soldiers having feelings and ethics. It’s a feature ot a bug
— FuturamaKing (@FuturamaKing) December 2, 2023
The military knows it has to beat the humanity out of recruits to get them to pull the trigger on other human beings, but many soldiers still come back from war with ptsd and other mental health problems. Creating super soldiers is a further acknowledgment of this “problem” by…
— Joseph Napper (@JosephNapper2) December 1, 2023
What could possibly go wrong, right?🙃
— Bad Takes (@badtakes420) December 2, 2023
For fans, it’s hard to imagine the emotionless super soldiers. Being a super soldier, Captain America was morally uplifted. He was not a killing machine but rather a defender who swore an oath to protect the planet. The current concept of genetically enhanced soldiers could go the way similar to the likes of The Boys’ Soldier Boy, but it’s complex and hard to tell as of yet.
