“China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”
What PolitiFact found
Scientists familiar with neuro-weapons, which affect people’s central and peripheral nervous systems, say the weapons are technologically plausible and are being pursued by China and possibly the U.S.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Nikki Haley (GOP presidential candidate) made this claim around 12 October 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 November 2023, 20 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Nikki Haley has 35 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 12 of them false or fake, 19 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHx3IoU6h3k
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