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10.30491/JCM.2021.163145 Journal of Combat Medicine
Narrative Review 2022 | 4(2) | 124-136

Methods of Performance Enhancement in Military Forces

Abdol Majid Cheraghali 1*

1- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received: 30 July 2021 Accepted: 7 November 2021

Abstract

Background and Aim: In the past human beings have made great efforts to increase their physical capabilities by
using different materials and methods. In the history of contemporary human wars, there are many signs of the use
of materials by soldiers that prepared them for brutal battles. Even today, man still pursues this dream and intends
to make himself a perfect and immortal being. In recent decades and in parallel with the growth of technology,
this desire has been taken into consideration more quickly, especially in the military forces. Currently, the military
forces use various methods to improve their soldiers’ performance. The main goal of these measures is to increase
the capabilities of the internal forces to overcome the enemy more easily.
Methods: This study was conducted using the process of reviewing and analyzing the content of the published
papers.
Results: The use of methods to increase the capability of military forces has grown significantly in recent decades.
These methods are mainly divided into two categories: the use of physical tools, robots, methods affecting the
central nervous system, genetic changes, or the use of medicines and chemicals. However, due to the costs
associated with the production of these extracorporeal skeletons, their use seems to be limited to military special
forces. The use of medicines and chemicals is the most common method of improving the capabilities of military
forces. They also try to interfere with the mental abilities of the troops in sensitive operational conditions by
interfering with the human nervous system.
Conclusion: In the battlefields, military forces need to make quick decisions, be alert at an ideal level, strengthen
memory and perform multiple tasks. However, paying too much attention to increasing the extraordinary
capabilities of soldiers with the daily use of drugs or tools may fundamentally change the nature of future wars.
The ever-increasing rate of development of ways to enhance the capabilities of soldiers may make the soldiers
of the future to be people who have no sleep or fear, consume any kind of substance as food, communicate with
each other through telepathy, and easily pass through physical barriers. Of course, the use of different methods
of increasing the performance of the military forces has created many questions and uncertainties in terms of the
health of the forces, their human behavior, and legal and ethical aspects.

Keywords: Military Forces, Performance Enhancement, Medicines.

* Corresponding Author: Abdol Majid Cheraghali
Address: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty
of Pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
E-mail: [email protected]

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