From Niche to Necessity: Integrating Nonlethal Weapons into Essential Enabling Capabilities

Abstract

The recently released Strategic Defense Guidance notes that U.S. forces must be increasingly flexible and adaptable to deal with a dynamic security environment that "presents an increasingly complex set of challenges and opportunities." In both asymmetric and conventional environments, avoiding noncombatant casualties has become increasingly important to the success of military operations. Nonlethal weapons can play a significant and strategic role in accomplishing this and helping to achieve mission success

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA566671

Entities

People

  • David J. Trachtenberg
  • John A. Aho
  • Tracy J. Tafolla

Organizations

  • Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • International Law
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Nonlethal Weapons
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design