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Coupled with the introduction of effective non-lethal chemical agents such as tear gas and offensive-odor canisters, and non-lethal impact rounds such as rubber bullets and "bean bag" flexible baton rounds, riot tactics were modified to rely less on violent response to attacking rioters than on a return to the slowly advancing wall, with ...
Non-lethal weapons, sometimes more accurately called “less-lethal,” started to gain traction in the 90s, after the United Nations adopted the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms ...
Romania: By a 2004 law, nonlethal weapons are permitted for population provided they are registered. [ 4 ] Russia : Russian law does not use the term "traumatic pistol" and since 2011 the Russian Federal Law on Weapons classified them as "огнестрельное оружие ограниченного поражения" (ОООП ...
Dazer Laser is a family of non-lethal, ocular distraction (ocular interrupter) devices, or dazzlers, which have been designed and engineered by Laser Energetics, Inc. (LEI). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Products
In that few seconds, the officer has a tactical advantage and will actually close in to subdue or control the potential adversary," Lieberman said. [4] The device can be used from ranges of up to 30 feet, while other non-lethal devices require an officer to approach the target much more closely, according to Lieberman. [4]
New physical principles weapons are a wide range of weapons or systems created using emerging technologies, like wave, psychophysical, and genetic weapons.. This definition is similar to "new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons" used in documentation from United Nations General Assembly sessions since 1975 and "non-lethal weapons" used by the North Atlantic ...
The technology can be used as a lethal weapon. The pulsed energy projectile is intended for riot control and is said to work over distances of up to 2 km. It weighs about 230 kg and can be mounted on vehicles. The US system was developed by Mission Research Corporation (now owned by Orbital ATK).
The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military, [2] designed for area denial, perimeter security and crowd control. [3] Informally, the weapon is also called the heat ray [ 4 ] since it works by heating the surface of targets, such as the skin of targeted human beings.