Blake Hall
If you haven’t seen “Jurassic World,” turn back to avoid some spoilers. If you have seen the film or do not care about spoilers, read on.
While the Jurassic Park universe refuses to learn from its own mistakes (how many times must you attempt to profit off of genetically engineered dinosaurs before you realize it’s a bad idea?), we can maybe learn something from the franchise.
After watching “Jurassic World,” many of us have wondered whether Chris Pratt’s merry band of velociraptors could in fact be trained for military use. Would such a thing be practical or effective in the field? IJReview brought together both scientists and military members to discuss the issue in this funny video.
Sgt. Duane Beane of the National Guard and Sgt. Chad Longell of the Army were not impressed with the velociraptors.
“Well unless a velociraptor is able to fly and land on a building, there’s really going to be no positive over a canine, who can stay concealed by the soldier,” Beane said.
Sgt. Longell suggested that a raptor could be used for surveillance purposes, but it couldn’t do anything our current technology isn’t capable of already. “A drone already does that,” Longell said.
The bottom line is that even though the idea is super cool, a weaponized or militarized velociraptor wouldn’t give our military anything new in terms of skill or strategy. It’s back to the drawing board for InGen and the U.S. military.
