This is one of several areas where scruples would put the West at a significant competitive disadvantage in the years to come. I&#x27;m not sure whether there&#x27;s any palatable solution. Can we see to it that we do not become monsters in the process of fighting them? I have doubts.<p>I think concern for ethics in scientific research will fall by the wayside in the face of a serious challenge to the current distribution of global power. If the Chinese begin engineering genetically superior soldiers (assuming such a thing remains sensible in an era of drones and robotic ground forces), the West will do the same. What an unfortunate vision of the future.