Non-Lethal Weapons
Non-Lethal Weapons Techniques for reducing casualties, torture devices, tools for conflict resolution, or the technology of political control? This book sheds light on a more complex story, with…
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Non-Lethal Weapons
Techniques for reducing casualties, torture devices, tools for conflict resolution, or the technology of political control? This book sheds light on a more complex story, with varied drivers, contradictory policy, premeditated and unanticipated results, and challenges to social, ethical and legal norms. Ostensibly the major impetus for the development of 'non-lethal' weapons has been to apply force without causing permanent injury or death, thereby reducing the need for lethal force.
There has been much conjecture about new and emerging 'non-lethal' weapons. With particular attention to the ongoing development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons, it provides an up-to-date analysis of the key technologies and weapons programmes, and highlights the major policy issues and concerns. This book separates what is known from the speculation about developments at this intersection of technology and weapons development.