I'm not believing a word of this until a news organization besides the Telegraph confirms it. If they didn't have such a strict paywall, maybe I'd be more convinced by their reporting.<p>It's not completely implausible that such a plan was proposed, but they present no proof that it was ever implemented or even taken very seriously. Also, why would a Chinese lab ask DARPA for money for what's basically a weapon considering the tense relations between the countries? Was it argued to be for the good of all mankind? I wasn't aware that was a priority of DARPA.