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This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the development and deployment of 'non-lethal' weapons by police and military organizations. It reviews the key technologies, issues, and dangers, with particular attention to the development of drugs, lasers, microwaves, and acoustics as incapacitating weapons

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The authors review the wide range of non-lethal or, as some experts refer to them, less lethal, weapons that are being developed or made more effective. These weapons might be used by either terrorists and other non-state forces or conventional police and military. They include electrical weapons such as stun guns, electrified nets, landmines, grenades and electrified water cannons. Acoustic weapons, which use audible sound, infrasound, or ultrasound, are also being developed, as are directed energy weapons such as chemical and diode lasers and high-powered microwaves. Other categories of weapons include biochemical incapacitating weapons that work like sedatives, and malodorants. These technologies can be combined with each other or with already developed weapons.

Biotechnology is advancing at a rapid pace, enabling significant innovation in a range of areas that affect national prosperity and well-being. As with developments in the physical and mathematical sciences, advancements in biotechnology may be exploited for harmful purposes. During the 1990s and 2000s, both state and non-state actors expressed continued interest in developing biological weapons. Adapted from the source document.