This is wrong: It's "probably" X times cheaper to go to a third world country and cladestinely test any crucial biotech stuff directly on humans as

This is wrong: It's "probably" X times cheaper to go to a third world country and cladestinely test any crucial biotech stuff directly on humans as they are cheap and in some places "unwanted" anyhow. Governments/army probably have access to prisons for their needs also. I provide network engineering/support for biomedical research in low- to middle-income countries, and I can tell you right now all of the controls that apply to human research ${here} also apply to human research ${over there}. You can't just round up a bunch of undesirables, perform a bunch of tests on them, and publish it as science. Any human studies that do not provide adequate human subject protection would not be allowed to be used in any kind of regulated clinical trial, and no regulatory authority or reputable scientific forum would accept as valid such a study's conclusions. To give some examples of the relevant regulatory frameworks: http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/RunningClinicalTrials/default.htm http://www.fda.gov/ScienceResearch/SpecialTopics/RunningClin... http://www.niaid.nih.gov/labsandresources/resources/dmidclinrsrch/Pages/gcphsp.aspx http://www.niaid.nih.gov/labsandresources/resources/dmidclin... I am less familiar with medical research in the military, but I did find this: https://ke.army.mil/bordeninstitute/published_volumes/ethicsVol2/Ethics-ch-19.pdf https://ke.army.mil/bordeninstitute/published_volumes/ethics... These implement internationally agreed upon standards for good clinical practice: http://ichgcp.net/ http://ichgcp.net/