Lance Armstrong's doping scandal blew the lid on performance enhancing drugs in professional sport, but opened up the debate regarding their use in other walks of life. Given what's at stake, should soldiers be pumped full of drugs to help them reach their peak, and to what extent is this already happening?

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After conducting a series of provocative weapons tests, North Korea has issued increasingly bellicose threats to the international community, causing South Korea to raise its alert level. Amid indications that it is preparing to test-launch a nuclear-capable missile, just what is Pyongyang's arsenal capable of, and what countermeasures have its opponents put in place to counteract any potential attack?

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In this issue: How hyper-realistic training is taking the classroom to the battlefield, a prototype airship that could deliver heavy loads to inaccessible places, a new technology that could simplify the lock and launch procedure for snipers, and much more.

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Having been the subject of interest of military commanders and science-fiction fans alike for decades, the US Department of Defense believes it is finally making ground in the pursuit of laser weaponry following a successful test of its LAWS system.

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Tensions between North Korea and the US continue to teeter towards breaking point, as the UK announced further non-lethal assistance to opposition forces in Syria. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from March 2013.

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The crowd-sourcing concept has been steadily gaining ground, but with the military now turning to the multitudes to produce next generation systems, it has clearly come of age. Dr Gareth Evans finds out how the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is leading the charge and using crowd-sourced design to build a new 'swimming tank' as part of the Fast Adaptable Next-Generation Ground Vehicle (FANG) programme.

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Finding an alternative to the huge quantities of traditional alkaline batteries used by dismounted soldiers has been a key focus of defence procurement during the past few decades. But with investment in portable power innovations waning, are soldiers cursed with increasing their already substantial burden with even more batteries to power their equipment?

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In this issue: Ultra-wideband microwave radar used to detect IEDs, the future of force protection for vehicles, a new multifaceted approach to improving ballistic protection and much more

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Boston Dynamics has released new footage of its BigDog robot demonstrating unprecedented coordination, strength and balance as it throws breeze blocks across a room. As debate rages about whether increasingly autonomous armed robots meet international military conventions, the shock and awe alone of unarmed robots like BigDog may prove sufficient to send opponents running.

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While the UK's Ministry of Defence established a decade-long, £160bn defence procurement plan, a US-based cybersecurity firm accused China of engaging in sustained hacking of US companies and organisations. Army-technology.com wraps up the key headlines from February 2013.

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