All articles by Gary Peters

The critical importance of NATO communications

In 2017 NATO will move into its new purpose-built headquarters in Brussels. The building has been designed to accommodate the…
Repair and protect: damage detection for soldier safety

British troops fighting on the frontline are issued with advanced body armour to protect them against ballistic threats on the…
As autonomous technology emerges, are the days of the soldier numbered?

Modern war zones are highly complex. Take Syria and Northern Iraq, for example. They contain a range of factions that…
Downsized but modernised: why the world’s nuclear arsenals aren’t going anywhere

Collectively, the nine nuclear states – the US, Russia, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea –…
Inside the British Army’s new front-line field hospital

The hospital is designed to be deployed to a forward operating area to treat personnel on the ground and prepare…

Counterterrorism: trying to predict the future

The use of prediction software as a security tool has been labelled 'predictive policing'. This form of counterterrorism has increasingly…
Anthrax: tracing and containing the threat

Earlier this year it was revealed that the US military's Dugway Proving Ground laboratory in Utah had shipped live samples…
The EMP threat: is enough being done?

Signed by a number of military specialists, a letter from the EMP Task Force, delivered to the White House last…
Sleep: key to understanding mental health problems in the military?

Getting seven to eight hours' sleep each night is a necessity to many. Healthy sleep helps people function, keeping them…