Nonlethal Weapons

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309284538
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. military does not believe its soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines should be engaged in combat with adversaries on a "level playing field." Our combat individuals enter engagements to win. To that end, the United States has used its technical prowess and industrial capability to develop decisive weapons that overmatch those of potential enemies. In its current engagement-what has been identified as an "era of persistent conflict"- the nation's most important weapon is the dismounted soldier operating in small units. Today's soldier must be prepared to contend with both regular and irregular adversaries. Results in Iraq and Afghanistan show that, while the U.S. soldier is a formidable fighter, the contemporary suite of equipment and support does not afford the same high degree of overmatch capability exhibited by large weapons platforms-yet it is the soldier who ultimately will play the decisive role in restoring stability. Making the Soldier Decisive on Future Battlefields establishes the technical requirements for overmatch capability for dismounted soldiers operating individually or in small units. It prescribes technological and organizational capabilities needed to make the dismounted soldier a decisive weapon in a changing, uncertain, and complex future environment and provides the Army with 15 recommendations on how to focus its efforts to enable the soldier and tactical small unit (TSU) to achieve overmatch.

Author : John B. Alexander
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429970103
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Future War written by John B. Alexander and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of warfare has changed! Like it or not, terrorism has established a firm foothold worldwide. Economics and environmental issues are inextricably entwined on a global basis and tied directly to national regional security. Although traditional threats remain, new, shadowy, and mercurial adversaries are emerging, and identifying and locating them is difficult. Future War, based on the hard-learned lessons of Bosnia, Haiti, Somalia, Panama, and many other trouble spots, provides part of the solution. Non-lethal weapons are a pragmatic application of force, not a peace movement. Ranging from old rubber bullets and tear gas to exotic advanced systems that can paralyze a country, they are essential for the preservation of peace and stability. Future War explains exactly how non-lethal electromagnetic and pulsed-power weapons, the laser and tazer, chemical systems, computer viruses, ultrasound and infrasound, and even biological entities will be used to stop enemies. These are the weapons of the future.

Author : N. Davison
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230233988
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'Non-Lethal' Weapons written by N. Davison and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations. It reviews the key technologies, issues, and dangers, with particular attention to the development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons.

Author : Nick Lewer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780714682655
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Non-lethal Weapons written by Nick Lewer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays explore the increase in interest in non-lethal weapons. Such devices have meant that many armed forces and law enforcement agencies are able to act against undesirables without being accused of acting in an inhumane way. Topics for discussion in this volume include: an overview of the future of non-lethal weapons; emerging non-lethal technologies; military and police operational deployment of non-lethal weapons; a scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of non-lethal weapons; changes in international law needed to take into account non-lethal technologies; developments in genomics leading to new chemical incapacitants; implications for arms control and proliferation; the role of non-lethal weapons in human rights abuses; conceptual, theoretical and analytical perspectives on the nature of non-lethal weapons development.

Author : Nick Lewer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135317380
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Non-lethal Weapons written by Nick Lewer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays explore the increase in interest in non-lethal weapons. Such devices have meant that many armed forces and law enforcement agencies are able to act against undesirables without being accused of acting in an inhumane way. Topics for discussion in this volume include: an overview of the future of non-lethal weapons; emerging non-lethal technologies; military and police operational deployment of non-lethal weapons; a scientific evaluation of the effectiveness of non-lethal weapons; changes in international law needed to take into account non-lethal technologies; developments in genomics leading to new chemical incapacitants; implications for arms control and proliferation; the role of non-lethal weapons in human rights abuses; conceptual, theoretical and analytical perspectives on the nature of non-lethal weapons development.

Author : Nick Lewer
Publisher : Zed Books
ISBN 13 : 9781856494854
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Non-lethal Weapons--a Fatal Attraction? written by Nick Lewer and published by Zed Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laser weapons, optical munitions causing blinding, electrical stunners, infrasound beams to disorient people, repeat pulse microwave devices, and a whole range of new chemical weapons (super-corrosives, super-adhesives, anti-traction and embrittling substances) - the list of new generation, hi-tech anti-personnel and anti-materiel ̃weaponry is a long one. These so-called non-lethal weapons are the subject of this remarkable book on an arms race which the general public has hardly yet heard of.

Author : Robert J. Bunker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nonlethal Weapons written by Robert J. Bunker and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to promote understanding of and research into a new category of weapons, designated "nonlethal" by the military services. These weapons are also classified as "less-than-lethal" or "less-lethal" by law enforcement agencies. National security experts consider these weapons increasingly important in the post-war Cold War era. This type of weapon has been used throughout history, but was given new emphasis during the Vietnam War era. Law enforcement agencies and Army national guard units relying upon traditional forms of politico-military force were ineffective in countering US domestic civil unrest. As similar types of conflict, now many magnitudes greater, seem to dominate international politics since the end of the Cold War, this type of weapon takes on increasing importance. -- page ix.

Author : Graham T. Allison
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN 13 : 0876093411
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nonlethal Weapons and Capabilities written by Graham T. Allison and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 2004 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By providing an intermediate option between "don't shoot" and "shoot," the Task Force observes, nonlethal weapons (NLW) have enormous potential in the new military roles of modern combat. Wider integration of existing types of NLW into the U.S. Army and Marine Corps could have helped to reduce the damage done by widespread looting and sabotage after the cessation of major conflict in Iraq. This Independent Task Force report on Nonlethal Weapons and Capabilities finds that incorporating these and additional forms of nonlethal capabilities into the equipment, training, and doctrine of the armed services could substantially improve U.S. military effectiveness.

Author : Brian Rappert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135760225
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces? written by Brian Rappert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.

Author : Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840949
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Less-Lethal Weapons under International Law written by Elisabeth Hoffberger-Pippan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first monograph analysing all legal regimes applicable to the use of less-lethal weapons.