What's so special about non-lethal weapons' human effects - everything

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The use of non-lethal weapons can substantially improve US capabilities but their users should understand that there are risks involved with the use of such weapons. Users and the defense establishment should have a sound understanding of their human effects. Otherwise, the use of non- lethal weapons in a counterproductive manner could result in the loss of the moral high ground for the US Dept of Defense. Thus the weapons testing community is faced with the greatest challenge of ensuring that non-lethal weapons yield the right human effects.

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What we owe to those who died in Vietnam

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The hallmark of guerrilla warfare is to harass the conventional, bigger, more lethal force into overacting, applying too much force, killing civilians, and this losing the support of those on whose behalf it claims to be working. The International Committee of the Red Cross estimates that the vast majority of the Iraqis who have passed through the US detention centers have been innocents caught up in a search for insurgents and their supporters by American units that have few Arabic speakers and regional experts amid the tactical patrols.

Vietnam, Analysis, Military policy, Guerrilla warfare, Vietnam War, 1959-1975, Iraq War, 2003-

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The impact of non-lethal weapons acquisitions, or 'there's one born every minute'

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The acquisition of non-lethal weapons provides potential pitfalls particularly during budget-tightening times. They account for a divergence of resources away from the military's core competency which is warfighting. Their employment is envisioned to become politicized and to ultimately complicate the lives of their users instead of making them easier. In terms of false expectations, the cost they create may be incalculable.

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