Putin’s scientists launch chilling squadron of remote controlled spy pigeons fitted with brain implants

VLADIMIR Putin’s scientists have launched a squadron of remote-controlled spy pigeons equipped with brain implants.

A Kremlin-backed Moscow neurotechnology company boasts that its operators can direct flocks through the sky by sending signals directly to their brains.

Russia’s diseased “biodrone birds,” named PJN-1, are ordinary pigeons surgically implanted with neural chips that allow technicians to direct their routes.

Field tests are carried out using birds with electrodes inserted into their brains and connected to tiny solar-powered backpacks containing on-board electronics, GPS tracking and a receiver.

Russian technology company Neiry worryingly claims that “no training is required” and that the birds can be steered remotely in any direction.

Neiry says the birds can fly 310 miles a day, or more than 1,850 miles in a week on spy missions, but larger birds could soon be used as weapons.

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These include seagulls and even albatrosses for major maritime missions – but Niery has not revealed how many birds were killed by his brain experiments.

Alexander Panov, founder of the company, said: “Currently the solution works on pigeons, but any bird can be used as a carrier.

“To carry heavier loads, we plan to use crows.”

Russia has already trained combat dolphins to patrol the seas, attack underwater saboteurs, lay limpet mines or carry out reconnaissance.

Sources at Russian neurotechnology company Neiry say pigeons can now be steered in real time after operators upload commands directly to their brains.

The company boasts that the pigeons “just think they want to fly” in the direction chosen by the handler.

The sinister system relies on surgery so precise that electrodes are inserted into the brain every few millimeters.

Once settled, the birds wear solar-powered mini backpacks filled with electronics, GPS tracking kits and receivers that transmit signals directly into their neural implants.

Neiry insists his invention requires no training.

The company boasts that “no training is required,” adding that “any animal becomes remotely controllable after the operation.”

With pigeons capable of flying 310 miles a day, or more than 1,850 miles in a week, the potential range of these Franken birds is enormous.

Company founder Alexander Panov says this technology will soon expand beyond pigeons.

“For now the solution works on pigeons, but any bird can be used as a carrier,” he said.

“For transporting heavier loads we plan to use crows, for coastal surveillance of seagulls and for large marine territories of albatrosses.”

Neiry did not confirm how many birds died during or after the invasive operation.

It says only that it “strives to achieve a 100 percent survival rate.”

The company presents the program as a tool for monitoring sensitive sites.

He claims that the herd management system can be deployed to “monitor and protect sensitive installations”.

But security experts warn that biodrones could easily be diverted for espionage or military missions.

Because pigeons are everywhere in Russian cities, they could blend into crowds while secretly carrying spy cameras or sensors.

The same technology could allow them to sweep through war zones – including Ukraine – without being detected as surveillance devices.

Neiry describes the modified birds as almost indistinguishable from real birds.

“The PJN-1 pigeon-biodrone differs from a regular bird only in the neuro-interface wire protruding from its head and the small backpack containing the electronics,” the company said.

“Its main purpose is to provide almost any type of surveillance – for example environmental or industrial – to conduct search and rescue operations and to serve as an additional layer of security. »

The company says biodrones are its latest advancement.

“‘Biodrones’ are Neiry’s ‘new product,’” the company says.

It says the project entirely replaces traditional unmanned aerial vehicles.

“Instead of a flying machine, scientists and engineers began using living birds with a chip in their brain.

“Thanks to the neurochip, the biodrone operator can control the bird by downloading a flight mission to it, just like with an ordinary drone.

“An important difference between a biodrone and a trained animal is that no training is required.

“Any animal becomes controllable remotely after a surgical operation.

“Through neurostimulation of specific areas of the brain, the bird itself ‘wants’ to move in the desired direction.”

The miniature backpack is powered by solar panels attached to the bird’s back.

Neiry says the technology is safe for urban areas.

“The risk of a biodrone falling or crashing is low and is equal to the natural probability of a bird falling from the sky. Therefore, biodrones can be used safely in cities.”

Inside the pigeon’s brain, electrodes are connected to a stimulator connected to the backpack.

“The pigeon’s brain contains electrodes connected to a stimulator and located in the backpack on the bird’s back.

“The stimulator sends pulses that influence the bird’s motivation to turn left or right, for example. Positioning of the system is carried out using GPS and other methods.”

The company has previously faced outrage for implanting neurochips into cows in a bid to increase milk production.

Neiry is deeply connected to the Russian state-backed technological machine.

He obtained funding from the National Technology Initiative (NTI) and investment companies linked to RDIF, the Kremlin’s sovereign wealth fund.

The RDIF is led by Kirill Dmitriev, a close ally of Putin who is currently acting as a negotiator in negotiations with the United States over the war in Ukraine.

Neiry is also connected to the Skolkovo innovation hub, long described as Russia’s Silicon Valley.

The bird control system echoes old Soviet experiments with combat animals.

Russia has long trained dolphins for military purposes, including underwater patrols, laying mines and sabotaging enemy divers.

The images show these dolphins being used to guard maritime bases, attack underwater targets or lay limpet mines during covert operations.

The deadly program dates back to Soviet times.

And now Russia appears ready to release its following biological weapon – pigeons whose minds no longer belong to them.