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Faster, Stronger, Quicker, Decisive = Better Soldiers: The Case For Performance Enhancement

Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 2020

by Gareth WMarch 10, 2020March 9, 20200964

With an increasing likelihood of technological parity in traditional military technology, militaries are identifying new ways of operating. Hence the interest in information advantage or...

Drug-fuelled combatants: achieving military success by enhancing human ability

Tom HFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 2020

by Tom HFebruary 11, 2020February 11, 202001113

In November 2008, ten members of terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out a devastating attack in Mumbai. These men fought an extended battle with Indian security...

Dangerous Knowledge?

Gareth WFebruary 4, 2020February 3, 2020

by Gareth WFebruary 4, 2020February 3, 202001294

There is a great deal of suspicion and mistrust about enhancement. The Royal Society’s iHuman report and the earlier AARP study of attitudes in the...