China Gears Up for Cognitive Warfare Like the U.S. military, the PLA is working on wearable sensors and other ways to hone and maintain troops’ fighting spirit. By Josh Baughman and Peter W. Singer April 7, 2023 China’s military is increasingly at work on wearable technology and a dedicated psychological support system to win at what it views as the crucial space of cognitive warfare—manipulating enemy troops’ state of mind to shape their behavior and hardening its own forces against such efforts. “In future cognitive domain operations, the influence of rational factors such...