A paragraph with major explosive potential – The US Defense Act recognizes “cognitive electromagnetic warfare” for the first time
While President Donald Trump announces a massive increase in the US military budget, the new United States Defense Act contains a little-noticed but explosive clause. Trump wants to increase the defence budget for 2027 by around 50 percent – from about 1 trillion to 1.5 trillion US dollars, equivalent to roughly 1.3 trillion euros. With this, the president claims, America can build a “dream army” that will provide the country with security – “regardless of the enemy.”
But beyond the headlines about record spending, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2026 contains a remarkable budget item: $44.2 million for so-called “cognitive electromagnetic warfare”, allocated to the US Air Force.
For physician and researcher Dr. Len Ber, this choice of words is anything but accidental. Rather, it represents an implicit recognition that the US Department of Defense considers cognitive effects in the electromagnetic spectrum as an independent area of military development. The crucial point here is the term “cognitive.” While traditional electronic warfare aims to disrupt devices, sensors, or communication networks, this new category shifts the focus to humans themselves – to perception, decision-making, and psychic processes.
Cognitive Electromagnetic Warfare is Now a Budget Line Item. The Public Deserves Honesty.
In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 there is a Line 106 titled “Cognitive Electromagnetic Warfare,” priced at $44,267,000. It is listed under Department of the… pic.twitter.com/IWH5wwsjJ2
— Len Ber MD (@LenBerMd) January 8, 2026
Ber argues that this officially names, for the first time, what has been denied or marginalized for decades: that military research targets not only hardware and infrastructure, but also human consciousness as a sphere of influence. The NDAA reinforces this assessment by requiring the Secretary of Defense to submit a binding definition of “cognitive warfare,” as used by the Pentagon, to Congress by March 31, 2026.
To put this into perspective, Ber refers to current NATO documents. In a 2025 report, the alliance describes cognitive warfare as the targeted manipulation of decision-making processes “using all available means and technological advances.” While specific energy-based or electromagnetic methods are not explicitly mentioned, they are also not excluded.
For Ber, this paints a clear picture: After decades of public denial, the US security architecture is now effectively acknowledging the existence of cognitive electromagnetic warfare – by officially naming it, allocating budgets for it, and institutionally anchoring it. At the same time, he criticizes, intelligence agencies and security authorities continue to refuse open communication with the public.
His appeal is therefore not a technical one, but a democratic one. If such technologies are developed with public funds, there needs to also be a transparent debate about their existence, their potential applications, and their ethical limits. The crucial question, according to Ber, is no longer whether these forms of warfare exist – but how long citizens should continue to accept being informed about them only incompletely or misleadingly.
yogaesoteric
January 14, 2026
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