Batallions of super-soldiers could be selected for specific duties on the basis of their genetic make-up and then constantly monitored for signs of weakness, according to new research from the National Academy of Sciences. New advances in the neurosciences will make it possible to predict how soldiers are likely to respond to environmental stresses like extreme heat and cold, or endurance exercises and monitor them during battle.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday warned rising officers of the limits of US military power and encouraged them to be skeptical of technological solutions to complex wars.

Max Boot argues the U.S. must devote more resources to intelligence gathering and defending against assymetric threats to avoid being defeated by a foe more capable of capitalizing on technological revolutions.

Phillip Ball questions technology guru Ray Kurzweil about his argument that future warfare will be dominated by cyberwarfare and military robots.

A look at how military robots could change the nature of warfare. One expert argues that the introduction of fighting robots would be "on the short list" of seminal events in all of military history right alongside the development of iron weapons, gunpowder, and the atomic bomb.

An advanced, general-purpose molecular manufacturing technology could have a significant destabilizing effect and lead to an international arms race; even a nuclear power might not be able to deter a nano power, concludes a preliminary study by the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology.

Researchers at the University of Iowa are using artificial intelligence programs to create computer simulations of human soldiers to help test the performance of future U.S. Army combat systems.

Pentagon war planners have revised plans for potential wars on the Korean peninsula, in the Middle East and elsewhere based on assumptions that conflicts could be fought more quickly and with fewer troops than previously thought.

The battlefield of the future will be revolutionised by computing, robotics and biotechnology to create "killer insects" that can hunt down their prey in bunkers and caves and eat humans alive, experts say.

The U.S. Army is planning a transformation based on "Future Combat Systems." New technologies will include hybrid electric vehicles, robotics, lasers, mobile network communications, and an array of smart weapons and sensors based on enabling technologies such as micromechanical systems (MEMS), biotechnology and nanotechnology.