Published Oct 14, 2026, 5:00 AM ET · Updated a month ago · 1 source
The US military’s race to make fake blood
MIT Technology Review
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Its call sign was Morphine 1-2. In February 2007, the hulking dual-rotor casualty evacuation helicopter had just flown three wounded soldiers to a field hospital in Balad, north of Baghdad, when another call came: an emergency mission to fly through an insurgent-controlled area in broad daylight. Typically, helicopters would be in a spot like…