The US Army paratroopers started training of the Ukrainian National Guard personnel at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center in Ukraine and BAE Systems incorporated F1 suspension technology into its CV90 vehicle family. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from April 2015.

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Bioweapons such as Anthrax, Botulism and Variola have been studied as weapons, engineered and in some cases even deployed to devastating affect. Army-technology lists the world’s most deadly bio-weapons.

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In this issue: Simulation training steps up a gear, progress in micro UAVs, potential replacements for the UK's Nimrod programme, Canada's navy at the crossroads, the evolution of the LCS and more

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Plans by SpaceX, Google and others to provide a worldwide internet access via drones or space based satellites is a noble goal, but it could have major military implications. Giles Peeters, Track24 Defence sector director explains why we need to be prepared.

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The US Department of Defense moved ahead with a mission to start training the Ukrainian National Guard personnel in late-April, the Canadian Government introduced a motion to extend military mission against Islamic State, and Raytheon test launched TOW 2A RF missiles from an AH-1W Cobra helicopter. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from March 2015.

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‘Fly-on-the-wall’ surveillance would take on a whole new meaning if suspects could be followed unobserved through any landscape by lifelike robot insects capable of infiltrating buildings and navigating their own way around inside. Dr Gareth Evans reports on new developments within the world of military grade robo-bugs.

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In this issue: Russia’s massive arms investment, a look inside the extreme weather testing facility for military aircraft, why the US Army’s JLENS surveillance blimp is causing privacy concerns, adapting the US Navy’s submarine hazard avoidance tool for surface vessels and more.

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US President Barack Obama asked Congress to authorise the use of military force (AUMF) against the Islamic State, the UK Government announced plans to provide additional non-lethal support to Ukraine, while militants linked to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captured a key military base in southern Yemen. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from February 2015.

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Russia’s aggression in the Ukraine has triggered a bout of investment by NATO states in neighbouring regions, but Russia itself has spent so extensively on defence in the past year that it has single-handedly slowed the decline of global arms sales. So what’s on the Kremlin’s multi-billion-dollar shopping list, and can the country afford this level of defence spending in times of economic decline and frail relationships with potential business partners in the West?

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An established armed force is normally thought of as essential for safeguarding borders but a few nations do however get by with no military muscle of their own. Army-technonology.com lists the ten biggest countries geographically without any armed forces.

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