Gendered language permeates the very fabric of the UK’s Armed Forces, from personnel answering the phone with ‘Sir’ to the widespread use of terms such as ‘unmanned’ and ‘airman’. But now efforts are being made to phase out gendered language in order to make the armed forces more inclusive. Harry Lye speaks to leading women in defence about why it matters.

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The top tweets were chosen from influencers as tracked by GlobalData’s Influencer Platform, which is based on a scientific process that works on pre-defined parameters. Influencers are selected after a deep analysis of the influencer’s relevance, network strength, engagement, and leading discussions on new and emerging trends.

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Augmented reality (AR) technology allows the user to see the real world overlaid with digital data.

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The Indian Army has the world’s largest ground force, currently comprising 1.4 million personnel while the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF) is estimated to have a deployed force of 975,000 troops.

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UK defence secretary Ben Wallace said that the future of the UK’s Armed Forces will be focused on ‘speed, readiness and resilience’, during a press conference onboard HMS Tamar, the Royal Navy’s newest warship.

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The size of China’s nuclear warhead stockpile is set to double over the next decade, according to the US Department of Defense (DoD) ‘2020 China Military Power Report‘.

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The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the US and Russia controls the number of strategic missile launchers both nations can maintain. It will expire in February 2021 unless both parties choose to extend it for a further five years. If the treaty expires, the world’s largest nuclear arsenals will be unlimited and undisclosed for the first time since the end of the Cold War. The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has set out the US’s possible responses.

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The use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in defence is steadily expanding and military organisations across the globe are experimenting with their use in an effort to understand what exactly such systems can offer and how they can be best integrated in the current force structures.

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Building a robotic system is a highly complex task that involves an extensive supply chain.

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Among the unmanned systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the ones that have seen the quickest development in the last two decades.

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