cybernetics

Of course, this is just the latest brainchild of the monster agency from another planet known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  From remote control aviation to the human-machine interface, this entity continuously seeks more and more efficient means of retaining some control over what is left of a soldier's autonomy.  This is the purpose of technology, of course, at least according to the technocracy; corner the market on decision making in the field, be that field economic or military or, as in the case of fascist states, both.