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Abstract
This project is a rhetorical analysis of public discourse about biomimetics in military contexts. It samples from public, government, and technical documents in an attempt to consider the implications of what may be considered a convergence of biomimetic aesthetics upon U.S. military affairs. First, it surveys contemporary literatures regarding the relationship between technology, military affairs, and the rhetorical construct of mimesis. Second, it analyzes a growing body of discourse in which military endeavors are compared toand often juxtaposed withnatural phenomena. Third, and finally, it considers how biomimetic aesthetics in warbot designs frame public conceptions of military ethos.