Beyond Sticky Foam: The Operational Use of Non-Lethal Technologies

Abstract

The beginning of the 21st Century has found U.S. strategists grappling for effective military options to retain operational flexibility in an ambiguous security environment. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, evolving political, societal, and operational factors have shifted the focus and nature of warfare that often limits the use of a traditional military response. Historically, U.S. strategists have sought to reform the lethality of weapons to better achieve objectives and military success. However, in the current strategic environment this approach has demonstrated not to be the most effective solution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393548

Entities

People

  • Harmon A. Stockwell

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Foreign Relations
  • Incapacitating Agents
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Nonlethal Weapons
  • Treaties
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies