Mike is in Afghanistan examining a Chinook helicopter when it is sent to evacuate wounded soldiers. As it comes under Taliban fire, the pilot is shot in the head.

Mike heads to the frontline in Musa Qala, to see the weaponry used against the Taliban, including the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle.

Mike confronts the Taliban's deadliest weapon: improvised explosive devices, testing the Dragon Runner bomb diffusers and Trojan vehicles used to clear them.

Mike joins a supply convoy headed for the frontline won from the Taliban only days before. On the way he looks at the Mastiff patrol vehicle and the Hercules.

Mike investigates the contentious issue of soldier's kit by trying out their Osprey body armour to see if it can take a bullet and the SA80 combat rifle.

Mike takes a flight in the versatile Merlin helicopter to the fiercely contested Kajaki Dam in Helmand and examines the Lynx, the fastest helicopter in the world.