The so-called SLIVER cell technology will produce electric power from sunlight for operating electronic devices improving tactical awareness in close combat settings, replacing the need for heavy, burdensome batteries.

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The whole experience had a slightly surreal feel for a sport in which combat at close quarters inside and outside the ring is the norm, but one has to move with the times I guess.

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No women are deployed in the infantry where the primary role is to "close with and kill" the enemy - to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

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