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[Star Trek] Can I modify a transporter to create an army of clone soldiers?

So transporter duplicates are a thing, like when Cmdr Riker accidentally got a copy of himself. Is there anything stopping me from modifying a transporter to do it intentionally and creating an army of clones? Also did I just uncover where all the expendable red shirts come from?
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Sidestepping the ethical quandaries, probably not.

What happened to Riker was a million-to-one fluke. The fact that his molecules didn't get scattered across the planet's atmosphere is nothing short of a miracle. If the Federation *really* wanted an army of clone soldiers, they'd just make them in a vat which would be way easier.