UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Joint Non-Lethal Weapons
Directorate (JNLWD)(U) Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW)
Reference Book
2011
This document contains information exempt from mandatory disclosure under the "Freedom of Information Act,“
Exemptions 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(3) and (b)(4) apply.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT C: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government Agencies and their contractors to protect critical program information, 30 June 2011.
Other requests for this document shall be referred to the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate, Quantico, Virginia.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED

Table of Contents
Purpose and Explanation of Terms
DoD Non-Lethal Weapon Program Background
Frequently Asked Questions
Policy References
NLW Legal Reviews
NLW Arms Control Compliance Assessments
Additional Policy References

i
ii
iii
vi
ix
xi
xiv

SECTION A: COUNTER-PERSONNEL (CP) NLWCP Fielded NLW
Non-Lethal Capability Sets (NLCS),
and Escalation of Force-Mission Modules (EoF-MM)
Green Lasers
Acoustic Hailing Devices (AHD)
Enhanced Underwater Loudhailer (eLOUD©)
X26 TASER®
FN 303®
66mm Light Vehicle Obscurant Smoke System (LVOSS)and Vehicle Launched Non-Lethal Grenades (VLNLG)
Vehicle Non-Lethal/Tube Launched Munition System(VENOM™)
Modular Crowd Control Munition (MCCM)
Joint Non-Lethal Warning Munitions (JNLWM)
Stingball Grenade

1
2
5
7
9
11
13

15
17
19
21
23

CP Prototype NLW
Active Denial System (ADS) 1 & 2Distributed Sound and Light Array (DSLA)

25
26
28

CP Developmental NLW
Improved Flash Bang Grenade (IFBG)
XM1116 12 Gauge Non-Lethal Extended Range
Marking Munitions
XM1112 Airburst Non-Lethal Munitions (ANLM)
Ocular Interruption (OI)
Green Laser Interdiction System (GLIS)Long Range Ocular Interruption (LROI)
Improved Acoustic Hailing Device (IAHD)
Subsurface Non-Lethal Engagement – Impulse
Swimmer Gun
MK19 Non-Lethal Munition
40mm Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation(HEMI) Projectile
Mission Payload Module Non-Lethal Weapons System(MPM NLWS)
40mm Red, White, and Blue Star Cluster

31
32

CP Conceptual NLW
Compact Active Denial Technology (ADT)
Solid State Active Denial Technology (ADT)
Airborne Active Denial
Nano-second Electrical Pulses

57
58
59
60
61

UNCLASSIFIED

34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
50
52
54

UNCLASSIFIED

Table of Contents
SECTION B: COUNTER-MATERIEL (CM) NLWCM Fielded NLW
M2 Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD)
Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB)
Running Gear Entanglement System (RGES)

63
64
66
68

CM Prototype NLW
Pre-emplaced Electric Vehicle Stopper (PEVS)

71
72

CM Development NLW
Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD) Single Net
Solution (SNS) & Remote Deployment Device (RDD)
Small Vessel Stopping Entanglement
Multi-Frequency Radio Frequency (RF) Vehicle Stopper

75

CM Conceptual NLW
Non-Lethal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) HighPower Microwave (HPM) Payload
RF Vessel Stopper
Laser Based Flow Modification

83

76
78
80

84
85
86

UNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIED

Purpose and Explanation of Terms
PURPOSE: The purpose of the NLW Reference Book is to provide a single source documentthat contains key information about NLW descriptions, effects, characteristics, concepts of
employment, and associated operational parameters and considerations to enhance NLW
education and training.
EXPLANATION OF TERMS: The NLW described in this book are at various acquisition
stages and of varied Service interest. Service-unique systems meet specific Service needs,
often meet Joint needs, and are provided to ensure Joint visibility and consideration. Systems
are grouped as follows:FIELDED: NLW currently in use.
PROTOYPE: NLW which have completed development, produced in limited quantities
and no fielding decision has been made.
DEVELOPMENTAL: NLW requiring technological or other improvements prior to
production approval. Typically denotes a Service-led program of record with a technicalreadiness level (TRL) of 5 or higher. Anticipated fielding dates are provided, but are subject
to change and should not be used for acquisition or resource planning.
CONCEPTUAL: Ideas or concepts that can support exercises and modeling &simulations. Typically denotes a pre-acquisition science and technology project with a TRLof 4 or less. Conceptual capabilities do not currently exist, but are potential technologies that
could be developed to satisfy a non-lethal requirement in the near future.
UNCLASSIFIEDiUNCLASSIFIEDDoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program
Background
The DoD NLW Program was established to provide warfighters with NLW that support the full-rangeof military operations. The program began in 1996 as a Congressional initiative. DoD Directive
3000.3 establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD NLW Program. It is DoD policythat NLW;• NLW should be designed to help decrease the post-conflict costs of reconstruction.
• NLW’s availability shall not limit a commander’s inherent authority and obligation to use all necessary means
available and to take all appropriate action in self-defense.
• NLW’s presence, nor the potential effect of NLW, shall constitute an obligation for their employment or a higher
standard for employment of force than provided for by applicable law.
• NLW shall not be required to have a zero probability of producing fatalities or permanent injuries.
• NLW may be used in conjunction with lethal weapon systems to enhance the latter’s effectiveness and efficiency
in military operations.

NLW Definition“Weapons, devices and munitions that are explicitly designed and primarily employed toincapacitate targeted personnel or materiel immediately, while minimizing fatalities, permanent
injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property in the targeted area or environment. Nonlethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on personnel or materiel.”(JROCM 060-09, Initial Capabilities Document for Counter Personnel Joint Non-Lethal Effects and Initial Capabilities Document for Counter Materiel Joint
Non-Lethal Effects)

UNCLASSIFIEDii

UNCLASSIFIED

Frequently Asked Questions
Legal Use of
NLW

QUESTION: Do NLW legal considerations differ from lethal weapons?
ANSWER: No. In accordance with DoD Directives 3000.3, 2060.1 and U.S. Law, bothlethal and NLW must be reviewed to ensure that they comply with U.S. domestic andapplicable international laws and treaties, to include the Law of Armed Conflict (Law ofWar). Preliminary legal and treaty compliance reviews allow the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons
Directorate (JNLWD) to ensure funds are focused on viable non-lethal technologies. Basedon these reviews, there are no restrictions on the continued development of NLW. Final legal
reviews are still required for NLW in the Developmental and Conceptual stages.

NLW Definition

QUESTION: What is considered a NLW?
ANSWER: The definition of NLW includes “weapons, devices and munitions.” Thisdefinition is very broad and includes devices and munitions that are not normally considered“weapons,” such as acoustic hailing devices.

Employment
Requirements

Useof Force

QUESTION: Are NLW required to be used prior to lethal weapons?
ANSWER: No. There is no requirement to use NLW prior to using lethal weapons or
employing deadly force. Based on the threat, target, and situation, U.S. forces may
immediately employ lethal weapons and deadly force.
QUESTION: Why are NLW important?
ANSWER: NLW provide another “option” to the force. In past operations, the effective
employment of NLW resolved escalation of force situations. Specifically, the NLW createdthe right “direct effect” on the personnel/materiel targeted. The use of NLW has also
generated positive “psychological effects” on others in the area and helped to contribute to
mission accomplishment. The perceptions associated with the use of NLW have been apositive and powerful influence in local communities on “winning the hearts and minds” ofthe local populace. The employment of NLW has helped reduce the loss of life and collateral
damage.

UNCLASSIFIEDiii

UNCLASSIFIED

Frequently Asked Questions

Riot Control
AgentsQUESTION: What limitations exist regarding the use of a Riot Control Agent (RCA)?
ANSWER: Strict laws, regulations, and rules of engagement (ROE) exist to control the use of
NLW RCAs. For example, the United States, by Executive Order No. 11850, 8 April 1975, 40
Fed. Reg. 16187, renounced as a matter of national policy, the first use of RCAs in war, except in
defensive military modes including:• Use of RCAs in riot control situations in areas under direct and distinct U.S.
military control, to include controlling rioting prisoners of war.
• Use of RCAs in situations in which civilians are used to mask or screen attacks
and civilian casualties can be reduced or avoided.
• Use of RCAs in rescue missions in remotely isolated areas, of downed aircrews
and passengers, and of escaping prisoners.
• Use of RCAs in rear echelon areas outside the zone of immediate combat toprotect convoys from civil disturbances, terrorists and paramilitary organizations.
NOTE: Specific authorization must be received to employ RCAs.

Allied and MultiNational
Operations

QUESTION: What NLW considerations are important during Allied and Multi-National Task
Force Operations?
ANSWER: The availability and employment of NLW will vary with other allied and coalition
partners. The lack of equal access to NLW presents interoperability concerns and provides force
and operational seams that an adversary could try to exploit. These concerns should be addressed
during mission planning and integrated into operational plans. Finally, mission-specific policies
should address the different NLW capabilities possessed by the various members of the coalition
in a way that minimizes interoperability issues and adversary exploitation.

UNCLASSIFIED

iv

UNCLASSIFIED

Frequently Asked Questions
NLW
Identifiable
Markings

QUESTION: Are NLW identified by specific markings or colors?
ANSWER: The current U.S. policy is to not change the appearance of NLW to distinguishthem from their lethal counterparts, but rather develop systems that have a dual capability indelivering both lethal and non-lethal munitions/effects as the situation dictates. Several U.S.
Allies have expressed a desire to clearly distinguish NLW from lethal weapons by somemethod, such as coloring NLW blue or orange. While this may be preferable in somesituations, including crowd control and to avoid mistakenly using a lethal weapon, this is notpreferred by the United States. A NLW that is marked with distinct colors or markings would
make it easy for an adversary to identify and counter that NLW.

OpticalDistractors

QUESTION: What limitations exist regarding the use of Optical Distractors (e.g., Dazzling
Lasers)?
ANSWER: Strict laws, SECDEF guidance, and ROE exist to control the use of some of the
Optical Distractors. For example, Certain Conventional Weapons Convention Protocol IV,
ratified by the United States, requires its parties to take all feasible precautions to avoid theincidence of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision.

UNCLASSIFIEDv

UNCLASSIFIED

Policy References
Applicable Directives and Instructions
1. DoDD 3000.3, Policy for Non-Lethal Weapons, 9 July 1996, Certified Current as of 21 November 2003.
2. DoDD 3000.07, Irregular Warfare (IW), 1 December 2008.
3. DoDI 3000.05, Stability Operations, 16 September 2009.

4. DoDD 3025.18, Defense Support of Civil authorities (DSCA), 29 December 2010.
5. DoDD 5210.56, Carrying of Firearms and the Use of Force by DoD Personnel Engaged in Security, Law and Order, orCounterintelligence Activities, 1 April 2011.
Active Denial System
1. Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Policy Position on the Active Denial System (ADS), 18 June 06.
Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation Devices
1. Department of the Army Memorandum, Department of the Army Thomas A. Swift Electric Rifle (TASER) Policy for Installation
Law Enforcement Use, 3 December 2008.
2. Department of the Air Force Memorandum, Taser Policy, 1 November 2007.
3. OPNAV Instruction 3352.1, Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI) Devices, 2 April 2009.
4. MARADMIN 50/08, Marine Corps Training and Use of Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation (HEMI) Devices, DTG 02036Z
OCT 08.
Riot Control Agents
1. Executive Order No. 11850, Renunciation of Certain Uses in War of Chemical Herbicides and Riot Control Agents, 8 April
1975.

UNCLASSIFIEDvi

UNCLASSIFIED

Policy References
Malodorants
1. Assistant Secretary of Defense (Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs), Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Compliance Review Group (CRG) Presentation by Technical Working Group on Malodorants, 16 May 2007.
NATO
1. NATO Policy on Non-Lethal Weapons, 27 September 1999.
Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray
1. MARADMIN 458/08, Updated Guidance on Marine Corps Training and Employment of Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, DTG
191857Z AUG 08.

Optical Distractors
1. DoDI 6055.15, DoD Laser Protection Program, 4 May 2007.
2. Secretary of Defense Memorandum, DOD Policy on Blinding Lasers, 11 January 1997.
3. Joint Systems Safety Review Guide for USSOCOM Programs (Applies to Optical Distractors), 12 October 2007.
Public Affairs Guidance
1. Public Affairs Guidance, Join Non-Lethal Weapons Program, DTG 302004Z JUL 03 MSGID/GENADMIN/PA DIV.
Test and Evaluation
1. Office of the Secretary of Defense (Operational Test and Evaluation) Memorandum, Policy for Operational Test and Evaluationand Survivability Testing of Force Protection Equipment and Non-Lethal Weapons, 23 September 2008.

UNCLASSIFIEDvii

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Legal Reviews*
40mm NL Crowd Dispersal Cartridge
1. 40 mm Non-lethal Crowd Dispersal Cartridge (XM1044), 15 December 2006.
66mm Vehicle Launched Grenades
1. 66mm Vehicle Launched Non Lethal Grenades (XM98 and XM99) (LVOSS), 8 February 1999.
Active Denial System
1. Active Denial System 2, 31 March 2008.
2. Active Denial System, 26 April 2004.
Airburst Non-Lethal Munition
1. XM1112 40 mm, Low Velocity Airburst Non-Lethal Munitions, 5 June 2006.
2. Airburst Munition, 24 March 2003.
FN 303
1. Fabrique Nationale (FN) Herstal’s Less Lethal Launcher System and Projectiles, FN-303, 29 October 2003.
Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation Devices
1. X26 TASER®, 14 August 2007.
2. Non-Lethal TASER® Anti-Personnel Munition, 21 August 2004.
3. M26 Advanced TASER®, 8 July 2002.
Malodorants
1. XM1063 Malodorant 155mm Artillery Round, 2007.
Modular Crowd Control Munition
1. Modular Crowd Control Munition (MCCM), 1 October 1998.
* This is a compilation of selected legal reviews. A more detailed list will be published in the DoD NLW Capabilities Roadmap Version 1, or is available

upon request from the JNLWDUNCLASSIFIED

viii

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Legal Reviews
Non-Lethal Mortar
1. Non-Lethal Mortar, 25 June 2002.
Optical Distractors
1. LA9/P Dazzling Laser Under a Maritime Concept of Employment, 15 September 2009.
2. B.E. Meyers Custom Green Beam Laser (GBD-IIIC) with Safety Control Module (SCM) Nomenclature (Laser Handheld)(LA9/P),
11 June 2009.
3. B.E. Meyers Green Beam Designator Laser and B.E. Meyers GLARE Military Operations Urban Terrain 532P-M Laser Dazzler,
1 April 2008
4. Ghost Laser, 18 April 2006.
5. Mini Green Laser, 18 April 2006.
6. GBD-III Custom Laser Dazzler and the ATC CHP Laser Dazzler, 22 December 2005.
Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray
1. TigerLight Guardian OC Spray, 3 June 2008.
2. Oleoresin Capsicum Pepper Spray for Law Enforcement Purposes, 20 September 1996.
3. MK3 First Defense/Pepper Foam, 17 April 2003.

Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier
1. Portable Vehicle Immobilization System (PVIS/PVAB), 16 October 1998.
Riot Control Agents
1. Grenade, Discharger, Anti-Riot, Irritant L96A1, and Grenade, Discharger, Anti-Riot, Practice, L97A1, 10 October 2001.
2. SM37 Mid-Size Riot Control Agent Dispenser (MCRD), 19 November 1999.
3. Grenade, Discharger, Anti-Riot, Irritant, XL96E1, and Grenade, Discharger, Anti-Riot, Practice, XL97E1, 10 August 1999.

UNCLASSIFIED

ix

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Legal Reviews
Single Net Solution and Remote Deployment Device
1. Remote Deployment Device (RDD) and Single Net Solution (SNS), 2009.
Thermobarics
1. Thermobaric Devices for Non-Lethal Weapons Applications, 24 February 2003.
Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device
1. Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD), 23 March 2004.

UNCLASSIFIEDx

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Arms Control Compliance Assessments
Counter-Personnel
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Counter-Personnel Joint Non-Lethal Effects Initial Capabilities Document,
22 December 2008.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Counter Personnel Non-Lethal Capabilities, 20 March 2006.
Counter-Materiel
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Counter Materiel Joint Non-Lethal Effects Initial Capabilities Document, 17 February
2009.
40mm Munition
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the Development of a 40MM Munition Containing Malodorants and Capsaicin,
1 April 2004.
Acoustics
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), 9 December 2004.
Active Denial
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Active Denial System (ADS) Draft Capability Development Document Increment I,
9 May 09.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Active Denial System, 12 July 2007.
3. Active Denial System Treaty Compliance, 28 March 2004.
Airburst NL Munition
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for XM1112, 40MM Low Velocity, Airburst Non-Lethal Munition (ANLM), 16 March
2007.

UNCLASSIFIED

xi

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Arms Control Compliance Assessments
Anti-Swimmer Air Gun
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the Non-Lethal Anti-Swimmer Air Gun, 7 June 2006.
Family of Area Denial Munitions
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the Family of Area Denial Munitions (NADM) Hand-Held Emplaced Non-Lethal
Munition Capability Development Document, 14 June 2007.
Flash Bang Grenades
1. Preliminary Arms Control Compliance for Improved Flash Bang Grenade (IFBG) Program Increment III of June 2008, 12 August
2008.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Special Operations Flash Bang Grenade Increment II, 30 May 2008.
3. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Improved Flash Bang Grenade (IFBG), 10 January 2007.
Human Electro Muscular Incapacitation Devices
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Extended Duration Human Electro-muscular Incapacitation Device, 7 December 2010.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for OPNAV Instruction 3352.T (Department of the Navy TASER® Policies andProcedures), 30 January 2008.
3. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for M26 and X26 TASERs®, 14 June 2007.
Joint NLW Warning Munitions
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Joint Non-Lethal Warning Munitions 12-Gauge and 40MM Grenades, 12 August 2008.
Optical Distractors
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the B.E. Meyers "Glare" Mini-Green Laser Device (Model 532P-M), 30 January 2008.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Urgent Needs For Laser Dazzler, 12 July 2007.
3. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the GBD-III Custom Dazzler, 10 January 2006.

UNCLASSIFIED

xii

UNCLASSIFIEDNLW Arms Control Compliance Assessments
Mission Payload Module
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Mission Payload Module (MPM) Spiral 1: MPM - Non-Lethal Weapon System(NLWS) Capability Development Document Version 5.0, Milestone B, 21 November 2008.
2. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Thermobaric Payload for Mission Payload Module - Non-Lethal Munitions System,
12 November 2008.
3. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for the Mission Payload Module (MPM), Spiral 1: MPM Non-Lethal Weapons System(NLWS), 15 June 2006.
Mk19 NL Munitions
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for MK 19 High-Volume Rapid-Fire, Multi-Payload, Non-Lethal Munitions (NLMS),
2 April 2007.

Single Net Solution with Remote Deployment Device
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Single Net Solution With Remote Deployment Device Capability Production
Document, 24 July 2009.
VENOM
1. Arms Control Compliance Assessment for Non-Lethal Tube Launched Munitions System (NL/TLMS), 2 February 2006.

UNCLASSIFIED

xiii

UNCLASSIFIED

Additional Policy References
TREATIES
1. Convention (IV) Respecting the Laws and Customs of War On Land and Its Annex: Regulation Concerning the Laws andCustoms of War On Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907.
2. Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
Geneva, 17 June 1925.
3. Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in the Armed Forces in the Field.
Geneva, 12 August 1949.
4. Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed
Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
5. Geneva Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
6. Geneva Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.
7. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin
Weapons and on Their Destruction, 10 April 1972.
8. Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, 10 December 1976.
9. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International
Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977. [The United States is not a party to this Protocol. Many of its provisions are
acceptable to us as customary international law, but we strongly object to several. Most of our allies have ratified this Protocol.]10. Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International
Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977. [The United States is not a party to this Protocol, but we deem most of it ascustomary international law. It was forwarded to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification, but the Senate has taken no
action on it.]

UNCLASSIFIED

xiv

UNCLASSIFIED

Additional Policy References
11. United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be
Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (UNCCW). Geneva, 10 October 1980.
12. UNCCW Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I). Geneva, 10 October 1980.
13. UNCCW Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II). Geneva,
10 October 1980.
14. UNCCW Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III). Geneva, 10 October 1980.
15. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
Destruction. Paris, 13 January 1993.
16. UNCCW Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV to the 1980 Convention), 13 October 1995.
17. UNCCW Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II, as
amended on 3 May 1996, “Amended Mines Protocol”).

18. Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their
Destruction, 18 September 1997. [The United States is not a party to this Convention, but the vast majority of our allies have
ratified it.]
19. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 17 July 1998. [The United States is not a party to this Treaty, but it enteredinto force on 1 July 2002.]
20. UNCCW Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V), 28 November 2003.
DOMESTIC LAW
1. Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, 18 U.S.C. § 175, 2004.
2. Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, div. I, title II, § 201(a), 18 U.S.C. § 229, 2004.
3. National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-406, § 219, 110 Stat. 186, 223-224, 1995.

UNCLASSIFIED

xv

UNCLASSIFIED

Additional Policy References
POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
1. DoDD 2060.1, Implementation of, and Compliance with, Arms Control Agreements, 9 January 2001, certified current as of 24
November 2003.
2. DoDD 5000.01, The Defense Acquisition System, 12 May 2003, certified current as of 20 November 2007.
3. DoDD 2311.01E, DoD Law of War Program , incorporating change 1, certified current as of 22 February 2011.
4. DoDD 3216.02, Protection of Human Subjects and Adherence to Ethical Standards in DoD-Supported Research, 25 March 2002,
certified current as of 24 April 2007.
5. DoDD 5210.56, Use of Deadly Force and the Carrying of Firearms by DoD Personnel Engaged in Law Enforcement andSecurity Duties, 1 April 2011.
6. DoDI 6055.11, Protecting Personnel from Electromagnetic Fields, 19 August 2009.
7. CJCSI 3110.07C, Guidance Concerning Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense and Employment of Riot
Control Agents and Herbicides, 22 November 2006, certified current as of 21 November 2008.
8. CJCSI 3121.01B, Standing Rules of Engagement/Standing Rules for the Use of Force for US Forces, 13 June 2005, certified
current as of 18 June 2008.
9. CJCSI 5810.1D, Implementation of the DoD Law of War Program, 30 April 2010.
10. Department of Health and Human Services Regulation, "Protection of Human Subjects," Title 45 CFR, pt. 46, revised January
15, 2009, effective July 14, 2009.

UNCLASSIFIED

xvi

UNCLASSIFIED

Section A
CP Fielded NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

1

UNCLASSIFIED

Non-Lethal Capability Sets (NLCS) and Escalation ofForce-Mission Modules (EoF-MM)
NLCS and EoF-MM are packages of Commercial OffThe-Shelf (COTS) and Government Off-The-Shelf(GOTS) equipment that can be tailored for specificmission requirements. Each kit contains items, such asprotective equipment (e.g., face shields), mission
enhancers (e.g., spotlights), non-lethal munitions anddevices (e.g., stingball grenade, vehicle stopping
devices), and training devices (e.g., inert pepper spray),vehicle inspection items (e.g., mirrors), checkpoint
equipment (e.g., signs). The weapons and munitions
can engage targets up to 100 meters. The equipment
and munitions vary in each kit based on Service-unique
mission requirements and unit organizations.

UNCLASSIFIEDNON-LETHAL CAPABILITY SETSCounter-Personnel Equipment
Individual Protective Equipment
Non-Lethal Enhancement Devices
Training Devices

2

UNCLASSIFIEDNLCS and EoF-MM cont.
Protection Items• Ballistic & Non-Ballistic Body
& Face Shields and Shin
Guards• Riot Batons• Portable Bullhorns• High Intensity Search Lights• Disposable Forearm/Ankle
Cuffs• Individual Pepper Spray
Training Items• Riot Baton Training Suit
• Inert Oleoresin Capsicum (OC)Training Dispensers• Training Stingball Grenades• 12 Gauge Training Round

Non-Lethal Munitions• 12 Gauge Point & Area Rounds• 40 mm Point & Area Rounds• Stun Grenade• Stingball Grenade• Modular Crowd Control Munitions• 66 mm Smoke & RCA Grenades• M26/X26 TASER®
Other Items• Mid-Size OC Riot Control Dispenser• Large OC Riot Control Dispenser• Caltrops/Stinger Spike Strips• Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device• 12 Gauge/40 mm Ammunition Pouches• 12 Gauge Stingball Grenade
Launching Cup

UNCLASSIFIED

3

UNCLASSIFIEDNLCS and EoF-MM cont.

Checkpoint Modules

EoF-MM expand upon the non-lethal
concepts employed in previously fielded
NLCS. EoF-MM provides commanders
with an improved ability to respond tosituations with varying levels of nonlethal force by way of modular capability
sets that can be tailored and scaled to fit
missions down to the platoon/squad level.
Equipment Groups include: Vehicle
Control Point, Entry Control Point,
Convoy Security, Crowd Control, Detain
Personnel, Conduct Search, Clear
Facilities, Conduct Cordon, Urban Patroland Establish and Secure Perimeter.

Crowd Control
Modules

Security Operations
Modules

Training & Crowd
Control Modules

UNCLASSIFIED

4

UNCLASSIFIED

Green Lasers
Currently fielded by USA, USMC, USN, and USAF:
COTS items, result of Urgent Needs Statement (UNS).
Lead Agency: USMC
LA-9/PTM

Target Type: Counter-Personnel

GLARE® MOUT

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.

Description: The LA-9/PTM has a maximum output of 250 mW and has an integrated Safety Control
Module (SCM) that shuts the beam off when an object interrupts the beam within the 0-65 m Nominal
Ocular Hazard Distance (NOHD). The LA-9/PTM has a range of 65 - 1000 m. The GLARE® MOUT issmaller and has a maximum output of 125 mW and a NOHD of 18 m. The GLARE® MOUT has a rangeof 18 - 760 m.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, entry control points, checkpoints, and maritime ports andsecurity zones to warn, deny, move, and suppress (e.g., distract, disorient, and degrade) individuals onfoot and those operating vehicles/vessels.
Capability Effect: Ocular impairment.
UNCLASSIFIED

5

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Green Lasers cont.
NOHD 0-18 meters

GLARE® MOUT

NOHD 0-65 meters, safety module
mitigates this risk

LA-9/PTM(U)(U) Delivery Systems: Hand held, mounted on a rifle or crew served weapon.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage if exposed within the NOHD.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Filtering goggles.

(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Reduced effect during fog and rain. During daylight-moderate
glare, no flash blindness, some afterimage.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Optical Distractors).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
6

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCLASSIFIED

Acoustic Hailing Devices (AHD)MRAD*

LRAD**

Currently fielded by USMC, USA, USAF, and USN:
COTS item.
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area,and suppress individuals.

Hyperspike

MAD*** Sound Cmdr

Description: AHD provide scalable, directional warning
tones or intelligible voice commands beyond 500 m.

Concept of Employment: Force protection, entry control points, patrols, convoys, crowd control
operations, and other defensive and offensive operations to deny, move, and suppress (e.g., distract anddisorient) individuals.
Capabilities Effect: Auditory impairment and/or intelligible audible tones.
* Medium Range Acoustic Hailing Device** Long Range Acoustic Hailing Device*** Magnetic Audio Device

UNCLASSIFIED

7

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) AHD cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle, vessel, and ground mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for auditory damage if over-exposed at close range.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Hearing protection (earplugs) may reduce or negate effects.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Wind, rain, fog, and background noise can reduce effects.
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

8

UNCLASSIFIED

Enhanced Underwater Loudhailer (eLOUD©)
Currently fielded by USCG and USN: COTS
item.
Lead Agency: USCG
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access
into/out of an area and suppress underwater
swimmers and divers.
Description: Man portable, easy to operate unit
comprised of a control unit and a 75 ft transducer
cable with 8 inch transducers spaced 24 inches
apart. Unit transmits intelligible commands up to
2 hours with a battery source, to a distance of
457 m and depth of 40 m.
Concept of Employment: Deployable from pier or vessel for force protection and port
operations/security to prevent unauthorized underwater activities.
Capability Effect: Auditory impairment and/or intelligible audible tones.

UNCLASSIFIED

9

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) eLOUD© cont.

Maximum Effective Range: 457 meters(U)(U) Delivery System: Vessel and pier side delivery.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for auditory damage if over exposed and potential impact onaquatic life.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Neoprene wetsuit may slightly attenuate noise/effect. Hearing protection(earplugs) may reduce or negate effects.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Background noise can reduce effects (harbor/vessel engine sounds).
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

10

UNCLASSIFIED®

X26 TASER

Currently fielded by USMC, USN, USAF and USA:
COTS item, result of Operational Needs Statement(ONS).
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Disable an individual.

Description: An electro-muscular incapacitation (EMI) device that uses a nitrogen air cartridge
propulsion system to launch two probes tethered to an electrically charged cartridge. Effective range is
0-35 ft, depending on cartridge type, penetrates up to 2 inches of clothing.
Concept of Employment: Force protection and other operations that require the ability to totallydisable an individual.
Capability Effect: Human electro-muscular incapacitation (i.e., the loss of voluntary muscular control
by electrical stimulation).
UNCLASSIFIED

11

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY®

(U) X26 TASER cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Handheld or weapon mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for injuries when individual falls, minor surface burns at probesites, and possible ignition of flammable liquids or gas if hit by probes.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Plywood or hard/shatter resistant shields.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Potential EMI to operator if discharged during heavy rain.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation Devices)(U) Unique Logistics: Cartridge replacements; equipment maintenance; battery packrecharging/replacement.
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

12

UNCLASSIFIEDFN 303®
Currently fielded by USA: COTS item, result of ONS.
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: The FN-303® is a compressed-air poweredlauncher designed to fire, 0.68 caliber, 8.5 gram, finstabilized, non-lethal projectiles. Projectiles include a
training/blunt impact (propylene glycol), marking (washablepink, permanent-yellow), and OC liquid. FN 303® effective
range is 5-50 m for point targets and 50-100 m for areatargets.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, detainee operations, crowd control, and other defensive andoffensive operations.
Capability Effect: Blunt trauma, marking, irritant.
UNCLASSIFIED

13

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY®

(U) FN 303 cont.

Do not engage 0-5
meters

Effective Ranges:
5-50 meters Point Target

Effective Ranges:
50-100 meters Area Target(U)(U) Delivery System: Stand alone or mounted on a service rifle.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury if engaged between 0-5 m.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Blunt impact and marking rounds - plywood, aluminum or any other typeof hard, shatter resistant shields. Irritant; field protective masks.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Wind, high humidity, and rain can reduce or negate the effects ofirritant.
(U) Policy Implications: RCA restrictions exist (e.g., Treaty, Law and ROE).
(U) Unique Logistics: Special equipment required to refill compressed air cartridges.
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

14

UNCLASSIFIED

66mm Light Vehicle Obscurant Smoke Systems (LVOSS)and Vehicle Launched NL Grenades (VLNLG)
Currently fielded by USA.
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: A remotely fired launcher that discharges a 4
grenade single salvo which can be reloaded in <3 minutes.
Each grenade weighs 0.28 lbs and contains three submunitions, which are the same diameter but half the length ofa soda can. Smoke, RCA munitions, Flash Bang, and Blunt
Trauma munitions are available. Effective range is 50 m,
75 m, and 100 m based on launch tube elevation.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, and other defensive and offensive
operations.
Capability Effect: Blunt impact, irritant, and visual obstruction (smoke).
UNCLASSIFIED

15

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) 66mm LVOSS and VLNLG cont.

50 meters

100 meters
75 meters(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle; adjustable launcher mounted on vehicle turret.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage from blunt trauma projectiles.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: For RCA rounds; Field Protective Mask. For blunt trauma round;hardened shields.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: High humidity, rain, and wind can reduce or negate the effects of the
RCA and smoke munitions.
(U) Policy Implications: RCA restrictions exist (e.g., Treaty, Law and ROE).
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

16

UNCLASSIFIED

Vehicle Non-Lethal/Tube Launched
Munition System (VENOM™)
Currently fielded by USMC: Result of Urgent
Universal Need Statement (UUNS).
Lead Agency: USMC
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: The VENOM™ is a 40mm, multi-shot, electrically actuated, non-lethal munitions
grenade launcher mounted to the Marine Corps Transparent Armored Gun Shield turret. The system
consists of three banks of ten launch tubes, each at fixed angles of 10, 20, and 30 degrees from thehorizontal, achieving 360 degree coverage. The VENOM™ fires multiple flash bang grenades out to arange of approximately 130 meters.
Concept of Employment: Mounted on a mobile platform, the weapon will used at vehicle
checkpoints, at entry control points and during mobile patrols/convoys.
Capability Effect: Flash bang, ocular and auditory impairment.
UNCLASSIFIED

17

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) VENOM™ cont.

130 meters(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle mounted launch tubes.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for burns if discharged too close to target.
(FOUO) Counter Measure: None
(U) Environmental Effects: Winds may reduce distance and/or accuracy of the rounds.

(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY18

UNCLASSIFIED

Modular Crowd Control Munition (MCCM)
Currently fielded by USA.
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, and suppress individuals.
Description: The MCCM has the same dimensions as astandard Claymore Mine (8”X1.3”X3”) and weighs ~ 6 lbs.
Each MCCM contains 600, 0.32 Caliber Neoprene Rubber
Balls held together in a Gelatin. Effective range is between
5-15 m.
Concept of Employment: Used at entry control points, for crowd control and other defensive
actions.
Capability Effect: Blunt impact.

UNCLASSIFIED

19

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) MCCM cont.

Avoid engaging targets
0-5 meters

Effective Range:
5-15 meters(U)(U) Delivery System: Self contained, single shot system.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury if engaged between 0-5 m.

(FOUO) Counter Measures: Plywood, aluminum or any other type of hard, shatter resistant shields.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

20

UNCLASSIFIED

Joint Non-Lethal Warning Munitions (JNLWM)
Currently fielded by USN and USCG.
Lead Agency: USN
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.

Description: Three 40mm rounds (100, 200, and 300 m) and two 12 gauge rounds (100 and 200 m).
The payload is a pyrotechnic airburst flash bang.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, security operations, and port operations to warn and gain
the attention of individuals. Tested by USN in Maritime environment only.
Capability Effect: Flash bang, ocular and auditory impairment.

UNCLASSIFIED

21

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) JNLWM cont.
40 mm
12 Ga

100 meters

(U)

40 mm
12 Ga

200 meters

40 mm

300 meters

Airburst occurs above target
Daylight Effects(U) Delivery System: 12 gauge shotgun and handheld 40 mm grenade launchers.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage or burns if discharged too close to target.
(U) Counter Measures: None
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Winds may reduce distance and/or accuracy of the round placement.

(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

22

UNCLASSIFIED

Stingball Grenade
Currently fielded by USA, USMC, USN, and USAF.
Lead Agency: USMC
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.

Description: The cartridge consists of a fuse, a separating fuse body, a black powder separation
charge, a pressed black powder delay, a bursting charge of flash powder, at least 100 rubber pellets, anda rubber grenade body. It can be hand thrown or launched from the 12 gauge launching cup.
Concept of Employment: The rubber ball hand grenade is used to clear rooms and closed-in spaces
and to break up unruly crowds by dissuading, disrupting, or delaying their actions.
Capability Effect: Blunt impact.

UNCLASSIFIED

23

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Stingball Grenade cont.

Minimum Safe Distance:
5 meters

Hand thrown Maximum
Effective Range:
15 meters(U)

Launch Cup Maximum
Effective Range:
90 meters(U) Delivery System: Hand thrown or 12 gauge launch cup.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury if the grenade denotes at face level.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Plywood, aluminum or any other type of hard, shatter resistant shields.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY24

UNCLASSIFIED

CP Prototype NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

25

UNCLASSIFIED

Active Denial System (ADS) 1 & 2
System 1

Status: Prototype
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area,and suppress individuals.

System 2

Description: Long range, directed energy, vehicle
mounted system that projects an invisible
electromagnetic millimeter-wave energy beam beyond
small arms range.

Concept of Employment: Force protection, entry control points, and other offensive and defensive
operations.
Capability Effect: Heat sensation causing involuntary movement away from the beam.

UNCLASSIFIED

26

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) ADS 1 & 2 cont.

Heat Effect to Individuals(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle or ground mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for minor burns if over exposed.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Cover and barriers, such as walls/buildings.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Rain and humidity may degrade effects.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Active Denial System).
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

27

UNCLASSIFIEDDistributed Sound and Light Array (DSLA)
Status: Prototype
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: DSLA uses a combined laser, non-coherent
light, and acoustics to produce a synergistic engagement
system.
Concept of Employment: Hail, warn, and/or deter individuals and vehicle operators from approachingentry control points, mobile patrols/convoys, and vehicle checkpoints.
Capability Effect: Optical and auditory impairment and/or intelligible audible tones.

UNCLASSIFIED

28

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) DSLA cont.

(U)(U) Delivery Systems: Vehicle, trailer, or ground mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage if exposed within Nominal Ocular Hazard
Distance and potential for auditory damage if over exposed at close range.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Filtering goggles and hearing protection (earplugs) may reduce or negate
effects.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Reduced effect during wind, fog, and rain. During daylightmoderate glare, no flash blindness, some afterimage.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Optical Distractors).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

29

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

30

UNCLASSIFIEDCP Developmental NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

31

UNCLASSIFIED

Improved Flash Bang Grenade (IFBG)
Anticipated Fielding: FY13
Status: Development
Lead Agency: USSOCOM
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: A safer hand-employed flash-bang grenadewith greater light output, increased duration of flashblindness (5 second threshold/10 second objective),
debilitating sound pressure levels (140 dBA threshold/143
dBA objective) and environmentally safe.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, entry control points, assist in clearing
spaces, and in other defensive and offensive operations.
Capability Effect: Flash bang, ocular and auditory impairment.

UNCLASSIFIED

32

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) IFBG cont.

Venting(Bottom View)(U)

Venting(Top View)(U) Delivery System: Hand Thrown.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for burns if discharged too close to target. Potential fire hazard.
(U) Counter Measures: None
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

33

UNCLASSIFIED

XM116 12 Gauge Non-Lethal Extended Range Marking
Munition
Anticipated Fielding: TBD
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USA Service Unique
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/outof an area to individuals, move individuals throughan area, and suppress individuals.
Description: XM1116 provide increased range from current 12 gauge Non-Lethal blunt impact
munitions along with a marking capability.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, checkpoints, dismounted patrols, convoys, crowd control,and other defensive and offensive missions.
Capability Effect: Blunt trauma, marking.

UNCLASSIFIED

34

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) XM116 12 Gauge Non-Lethal Extended Range Marking
Munitions cont.

Minimum Safe Distance:
10 m

(U)

Maximum Effective Range:
75 m(U) Delivery System: 12 gauge shotgun.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury if engaged between 0-10 m.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Plywood, aluminum or any other type of hard, shatter resistant shields.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

35

UNCLASSIFIED

XM1112 Airburst Non-Lethal Munitions (ANLM)
Anticipated Fielding: FY12
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: 40 mm round with a fuel enrichedpyrotechnic payload, proximity air burst, and settabledelay option fuse. The maximum effective range is 150 m
threshold/350 m objective. Minimum safe distance is 35
m threshold/15 m objective. Duration of effect is 30
second threshold/60 second objective.
Concept of Employment: Payload is dispensed 5 m above target to provide force protection, crowd
control, patrols/convoys, area clearing/denial, and other offensive and defensive operations.
Capability Effect: Flash bang, ocular and auditory impairment, and/or thermal heating.

UNCLASSIFIED

36

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) XM1112 ANLM cont.

Minimum Safe Distance:
35 meters (T) /15 meters (O)(U)

Maximum Effective Range:
150 meters (T)/350 meters (O)(U) Delivery System: Handheld 40mm Grenade launchers.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage or burns if discharged to close to target.
(U) Counter Measures: None
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY37

UNCLASSIFIED

Ocular Interruption (OI)
Warning

Anticipated Fielding: FY14
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USMC Service Unique
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.

Suppression

Description: A light emitting, non-damaging, eye-safe
device to warn (primary) and suppress (secondary)individuals with 10-500 m standoff. This device will be avisible laser or high powered broad band lamp designed
to maximize range while minimizing nominal ocularhazard distance.

Concept of Employment: Escalation of force continuum options during force protection, entry control
points, checkpoints, convoys, and maritime ports and security zones.
Capability Effect: Optical impairment.

UNCLASSIFIED

38

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) OI cont.

(U)(U) Delivery Systems: Handheld or weapon mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage if exposed within Nominal Ocular Hazard
Distance.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Filtering goggles.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Reduced effect during daylight, fog, and rain. During daylightmoderate glare, no flash blindness, some afterimage.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Optical Distractors).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

39

UNCLASSIFIED

Green Laser Interdiction System (GLIS)
Anticipated Fielding: FY12
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USA Service Unique
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: The GLIS is a rifle-mounted/hand-held laser that allows interdiction of potential hostileactions through non-lethal effects and interchangeable between host weapon platforms. Effective nonlethal means to inform civilians they are approaching military operations with visible effects 0-300 m.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, entry control points, checkpoints, and maritime ports andsecurity zones to warn, deny, move, and suppress (e.g., distract, disorient, and degrade) individuals onfoot and those operating vehicles/vessels.
Capability Effect: Ocular impairment.

UNCLASSIFIED

40

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) GLIS cont.

(U)(U) Delivery Systems: Handheld, mounted on a rifle or crew served weapon.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage if exposed within the NOHD.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Filtering goggles.

(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Reduced effect during fog and rain. During daylight - moderate
glare, no flash blindness, some afterimage.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Optical Distractors).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
41

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCLASSIFIEDLong Range Ocular Interruption (LROI)
Anticipated Fielding: TBD
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USN
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: Optical interruption device delivering avisible spectrum, non-lethal, long range, reversible effectfor counter-personnel applications for hailing, warning,and suppression in protection of Military High Value
Assets (HVAs). LROI will manage NOHD at various
ranges and have an effective range up to 3000 m.
Concept of Employment: Escalation of force continuum options during force protection, entry control
points, checkpoints, convoys, and maritime ports and security zones.
Capability Effect: Optical impairment.

UNCLASSIFIED

42

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

(U) LROI cont.

(U)(U) Delivery Systems: TBD(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for eye damage if exposed within NOHD.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Filtering goggles.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Reduced effect during daylight, fog, and rain. During daylightmoderate glare, no flash blindness, some afterimage.
(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Optical Distractors).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY43

UNCLASSIFIED

Improved Acoustic Hailing Device (IAHD)
Anticipated Fielding: FY12
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: A long range hailing and warning device capable of producing directional sound beams toproject warning tones and improved intelligible voice commands with background noise present at thetarget’s location. Maximum Effective Range is 300 m threshold/1000 m objective.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, convoys, checkpoints, port operations to warn/hail
individuals.
Capabilities Effect: Auditory impairment and/or intelligible audible tones.
UNCLASSIFIED

44

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) IAHD cont.

(U)

(U)

(U) Delivery System: Vehicle, vessel, or ground mount.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for auditory damage if over exposed at close range.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Hearing protection (earplugs) may reduce or negate effects.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Wind, rain, and fog can reduce effects.
(U) Policy Implications: None

(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY45

UNCLASSIFIED

Subsurface Non-Lethal Engagement - Impulse
Swimmer Gun
Anticipated Fielding: TBD
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USN
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Denyaccess into/out of an area and suppress
underwater swimmers and divers.
Description: A tethered transducer cable connected to a control unit and an air gun and spark gap
generator that emits a directional, underwater pulsed sound wave. Weight is 50 lbs and effective range is
between 0-150 m.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, port security to prevent unauthorized underwater activities.
Capability Effect: Auditory impairment and/or nausea.

UNCLASSIFIED

46

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Subsurface Non-Lethal Engagement - Impulse Swimmer
Gun cont.

(U)

No minimum safe engagement range

Maximum Effective Range: 150 meters(U) Delivery System: Deployed from pier side.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for auditory damage if over exposed at close range and impact
on aquatic life.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Neoprene wetsuit may slightly attenuate noise/effect.

(FOUO) Environmental Effects: Background noise (harbor/boat engine noise) can reduce effects.
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY47

UNCLASSIFIED

MK19 Non-Lethal Munition
Anticipated Fielding: TBD
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: TBD
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area,and suppress individuals.
Description: The round is the same diameter but longer
than the High Explosive MK19 40mm round and uses atelescoping cartridge to launch Ring Air-Foil Projectiles.
Effective range is between 10-100 m. Duration of effectis 30 second threshold/60 second objective.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, checkpoints, patrols/convoys, crowd control, and otherdefensive and offensive missions.
Capability Effect: Blunt trauma.

UNCLASSIFIED

48

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) MK19 Non-Lethal Munition cont.

Avoid engaging targets
0-10 meters

Maximum Effective Range: 100 meters(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle or ground mounted.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury if engaged between 0-10 m.

(FOUO) Counter Measures: Heavy clothing or plywood/aluminum, or any other type of hard/shatter
resistant shields.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

49

UNCLASSIFIED

40mm Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation(HEMI) Projectile
Anticipated Fielding: TBD
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Disable individuals.
Description: A 40 mm, non-tethered HEMI munition
with increased distance over currently available tethereddevices from 10-100 m threshold and 10-250 m
objective, with 30 second threshold and 3 minuteobjective duration. Related efforts are Harbinger andDisable Point Target programs.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, entry control points, crowd control, patrols, and otherdefensive and offensive operations.
Capability Effect: Human electro-muscular incapacitation (i.e., the loss of voluntary muscular control
by electrical stimulation).
UNCLASSIFIED

50

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) 40mm HEMI Projectile cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: M203 and M320 Grenade launchers.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for injuries when individual falls, minor surface burns at probesites, and possible ignition of flammable liquids or gas if hit by probes.
(FOUO) Counter Measure: Hard/shatter resistant shields.
(U) Environmental Effects: None

(U) Policy Implications: See NLW Policy References (Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation Devices).
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

51

UNCLASSIFIED

Mission Payload Module
Non-Lethal Weapon System (MPM NLWS)
Anticipated Fielding: FY16
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USMC
Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/out of anarea to individuals, move individuals through an area, andsuppress individuals.
Description: A vehicle mounted, multiple tube launcher providing selective, scalable, non-lethal effects.

Munitions are expected to reach greater ranges and have a broader area coverage. Maximum effective
range is 150 m threshold/500 m objective.
Concept of Employment: Mounted on a mobile platform, the weapon will provide force protection at
checkpoints, during mobile patrols/convoys, and control crowds.
Capability Effect: Flash bang, ocular and auditory impairment, and/or thermal heating.
UNCLASSIFIED

52

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) MPM NLWS cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Vehicle mounted launch tubes.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential for significant injury with blunt trauma munitions if engaged
within minimum safe ranges of 30 m threshold/10 m objective.
(FOUO) Counter Measure: Hard/shatter resistant shields.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY53

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) 40mm Red, White, and Blue Star Cluster(U) Anticipated Fielding: FY13
(U) Status: Developmental(U) Lead Agency: JNLWD(U) Target Type: Counter-Personnel(U)(U) Intended Target Response: Hail and Warn/Cease
Fire(U) Description: A modified, currently fielded, M585 40mm white star cluster round. The
modification consists of replacing the 5 star white cluster payload with a red, white, and blue display.
(FOUO) Concept of Employment: Provide US ground forces a lightweight, distinct, minimal muzzle
signature capability to hail and warn a perceived friendly unit to prevent blue on blue or blue on green
fratricide. The use of this distinct hail and warn signal is dependant upon a strategic communication
effort among coalition military forces, security organizations, and law enforcement agencies.
(U) Capability Effect: Identify presence of a US force and warn a blue or green force to cease fire.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY54

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) 40mm Red, White, and Blue Star Cluster cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Handheld 40mm Grenade launchers.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential to cause a fire.
(U) Counter Measures: None
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

55

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

56

UNCLASSIFIEDCP Conceptual NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

57

UNCLASSIFIED

Compact Active Denial Technologies (ADT)
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: JNLWD

XTarget Type: Counter-Personnel
Intended Target Response: Deny access into/outof an area to individuals, move individuals throughan area, and suppress individuals.
Description: A next generation tube-based ADT
system that will drastically reduce size, weight, cost,and allow for instant “turn-on” and “shoot-on-themove” capabilities.

Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, patrols/convoys, and other defensive andoffensive operations.
Capability Effect: Heat sensation causing involuntary movement away form the beam.

UNCLASSIFIED

58

UNCLASSIFIED

Solid State Active Denial Technology (ADT)
Target Multiple People
Simultaneously

Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: USA

Target Type: Counter-Personnel
Maintain Desired
Power & Coverage
Versus Range

Widen Beam to Cover
Several People for Crowd
Control

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/outof an area to individuals, move individuals throughan area, and suppress individuals.

Description: Solid state will yield a more compact system by combining the functionality of theexisting ADT gyrotron, antenna, sub-reflector, and beam transport into a single unit that will drasticallyreduce size, weight, and cost.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, detainee operations, patrols/convoys,
building clearing, and other offensive and defensive operations.
Capability Effect: Heat sensation causing involuntary movement away from the beam.

UNCLASSIFIED

59

UNCLASSIFIED

Airborne Active Denial
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: USAF Service Unique
Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Deny access into/outof an area to individuals, move individuals throughan area, and suppress individuals.

Description: Directed energy system on a fixed-wing platform with operationally significant range andstandoff.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, detainee operations, patrols/convoys,
building clearing, and other offensive and defensive operations.
Capability Effect: Heat sensation causing involuntary movement away from the beam.

UNCLASSIFIED

60

UNCLASSIFIED

Nano-second Electrical Pulses
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: JNLWD

Target Type: Counter-Personnel

Intended Target Response: Disable individuals.

Description: An electrical waveform, with the potential to substantially increase the duration of
disabling effects compared to existing HEMI capabilities.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, crowd control, detainee operations, patrols/convoys,
building clearing, and other offensive and defensive operations.
Capability Effect: Electro-muscular incapacitation (i.e., the loss of voluntary muscular control byelectrical stimulation).

UNCLASSIFIED

61

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

62

UNCLASSIFIED

Section B
CM Fielded NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

63

UNCLASSIFIED

M2 Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD)
Currently fielded by USMC and USA.
Lead Agency: USA
Target Type: Counter-Materiel
Intended Target Response: Stop a vehicle.
Description: The VLAD is a man portable, pre-emplaced
expandable spiked vehicle stopping net that can be deployedin less than one minute, covers up to an 18 ft wide road, andweighs 45 lbs. The barbed spikes on the leading edge of the
net pierce the front tires and wrap around the tires bringing
the vehicle to a stop, and minimizing significant injuries topersonnel and damage to the vehicle.
Concept of Employment: Force protection at vehicle checkpoints and road blocks to stop vehicles.
Capability Effect: Entanglement of front tires to stop wheeled vehicles of weights up to 5,500 lbs,
traveling at 30 mph, within 200 ft.

UNCLASSIFIED

64

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) M2 VLAD cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Self contained, one time use.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Flat tires, possible brake and axle damage, minor scrapes to vehicle;
potential for injury to vehicle occupants not wearing a seat belt.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Evasive maneuvering.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: Materials Handling Equipment (MHE), tow truck, or other means to movevehicle and avoid blocking/delaying traffic, and wire cutters are needed to remove the net.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY65

UNCLASSIFIED

Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB)
Currently fielded by USMC and USA.
Lead Agency: USA

Target Type: Counter-Materiel

Intended Target Response: Stop a vehicle.

Description: The PVAB is a transportable, pre-emplaced, reusable vehicle stopping net capable ofstopping wheeled vehicles of up to 7,500 lbs in a controlled manner. It weighs 600 lbs and can cover up
to a 24 ft wide road. It can be emplaced or reset/reused by a 3-man team in less than 2 hours. Whileemplaced in standby mode vehicle traffic is unimpeded. The device is capable of changing from standby
to capture mode within 2 seconds.
Concept of Employment: Force protection at vehicle checkpoints to stop vehicles.
Capability Effect: Captures and stops a 7,500 lbs wheeled vehicle traveling up to 45 mph, within 200 ft.
UNCLASSIFIED

66

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) PVAB cont.

Activated
Retracted

Capture(U)(U) Delivery System: Self-contained, re-usable device.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential injury to vehicle occupants not wearing a seat belt.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Evasive maneuvering.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None

(U) Unique Logistics: May require Materials Handling Equipment (MHE), tow truck, or other means tomove vehicle to avoid blocking/delaying traffic.
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY67

UNCLASSIFIED

Running Gear Entanglement System (RGES)
Side Launched

Currently fielded by USCG.
Lead Agency: USCG

Target Type: Counter-Materiel

Shoulder Launched

Intended Target Response: Stop a
vessel.

Description: A compressed air launched net 100 ft long made of 7/16 inch spectra rope with tied,weighted loops. It weighs 35 lbs and takes up 3 cubic ft for movement and storage. Device can beside-launched or shoulder launched from vessels or piers.
Concept of Employment: Stop a small waterborne propeller-driven craft by launching the RGES infront of a target watercraft to entangle propellers. The RGES can be fixed to provide a static barrier tomaintain standoff for vessels at anchor or pier side and shore facilities.

Capability Effect: Stops propeller propulsion of vessels up to 250 hp, traveling up to 50 knots byentangling propeller.
UNCLASSIFIED

68

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) RGES cont.

< 50 knots(U)

Shoulder-Launched RGES

Must be deployed in frontof target vessel

Deployed RGES

Side-Launched RGES(U) Delivery System: Single deployment, surface-launched system is deployed using compressed air.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential injury to vessel occupants and damage to propeller.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Evasive maneuvers.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: High winds and high sea states can reduce effectiveness.

(U) Policy Implications: Foreign port restrictions may apply.
(U) Unique Logistics: May require another vessel to tow disabled/stopped vessel.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY69

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

70

UNCLASSIFIEDCM Prototype NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

71

UNCLASSIFIED

Pre-emplaced Electric Vehicle Stopper (PEVS)
Status: Prototype
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel
Intended Target Response: Stop anddisable vehicles.

Description: A pre-emplaced, non-intrusive device that provides an electrical pulse through deployedcontacts to shutdown power train electrical circuits or components.
Concept of Employment: Force protection at vehicle checkpoints to stop vehicles and most effective
when used in concert with barrier or entanglement system to slow vehicle momentum.
Capability Effect: Disrupts vehicle electrical components to cause the engine to stall.

UNCLASSIFIED

72

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) PEVS cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Self contained, reusable device.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Possible permanent damage to target electrical system.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Shielding or hardening of equipment.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: None

(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY73

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

74

UNCLASSIFIEDCM Developmental NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

75

UNCLASSIFIED

Vehicle Lightweight Arresting Device (VLAD)
Single Net Solution (SNS) & Remote Deployment Device (RDD)
Anticipated Fielding: FY12
Status: Developmental
Lead Agency: USA

SNS
(RDD)

Target Type: Counter-Materiel
M2VLAD

Intended Target Response: Stop a vehicle.

Description: The SNS is a pre-emplaced, man portable, rapidly deployed net equipped with a uniquebarbed spike system. It is designed to capture larger vehicles than the currently fielded M2 VLAD Net.
The RDD is an electromechanical system capable of pulling the M2 VLAD or SNS across a road.
Concept of Employment: Force protection at vehicle checkpoints and road blocks to stop vehicles.
Capability Effect: Entanglement of front tires to stop wheeled vehicles with weights up to 22,000 lbs

threshold/40,000 lbs objective, traveling at 30 mph threshold/50 mph objective, within 200 ft.
UNCLASSIFIED

76

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) VLAD SNS and RDD cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: A self contained device with the VLAD SNS having a one time use and the RDD
being reusable.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Flat tires, possible brake and axel damage, and minor scrapes to vehicle;
Potential injury to vehicle occupants not wearing a seat belt.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Evasive maneuvering.
(U) Environmental Effects: None
(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: Materials Handling Equipment (MHE)/tow truck, or other means to move vehicle
and avoid blocking/delaying traffic.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY77

UNCLASSIFIED

Small Vessel Stopping Entanglement
Anticipated Fielding: FY13
Status: Developmental, productimprovement of existing system.
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel
Intended Target Response: Stop asmall vessel.
Description: An improved propeller entangler with a more consistent capture rate of small
waterborne propeller-driven craft.
Concept of Employment: Stop a small waterborne propeller-driven craft by launching the system infront of a target watercraft to entangle propellers.
Capability Effect: Stops propeller propulsion of vessels.

UNCLASSIFIED

78

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Small Vessel Stopping Entanglement cont.

< 50 knots(U)Must be deployed in frontof target vessel(U) Delivery System: Single deployment, surface-launched system is deployed using compressed air.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Potential injury to vessel occupants and damage to propeller.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Evasive maneuvers.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: High winds and high sea states can reduce effectiveness.

(U) Policy Implications: Foreign port restrictions may apply.
(U) Unique Logistics: May require another vessel to tow disabled/stopped vessel.

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY79

UNCLASSIFIED

Multi-Frequency RF Vehicle Stopper
Anticipated Fielding: FY18
Status: Development
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel

Intended Target Response: Stop vehicles.

Description: A portable RF Vehicle Stopper system would allow for the maintenance of a safe, nonlethal keep-out zone by using high power microwaves to disrupt vehicle engines.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, access control points, roadblocks, and checkpoints to stopvehicles.
Capabilities Effect: Disrupts vehicle electrical components to cause the engine to stall.

UNCLASSIFIED

80

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY(U) Multi-Frequency RF Vehicle Stopper cont.

(U)(U) Delivery System: Self-contained, mobile/transportable system.
(FOUO) Collateral Damage: Collateral effects against unintended targets in the immediate target area.
(FOUO) Counter Measures: Shielding or hardening of equipment.
(FOUO) Environmental Effects: None

(U) Policy Implications: None
(U) Unique Logistics: None

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY81

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

82

UNCLASSIFIEDCM Conceptual NLW

UNCLASSIFIED

83

UNCLASSIFIED

Non-Lethal Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) HighPower Microwave (HPM) Payload
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel

Intended Target Response: Stop or
disable vessels.

Description: Develop an aerially deliverable high power microwave payload providing a long range
non-lethal capability for small vessel stopping, swarm defense and ship system disruption.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, port operations, and vessel pursuit/stop/interdiction.
Capability Effect: Stops vessel propulsion by electrical system malfunction .

UNCLASSIFIED

84

UNCLASSIFIEDRF Vessel Stopper
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel

Intended Target Response: Stop or
disable vessels.

Description: Develop stationary or mobile high power microwave payload providing a long range nonlethal capability for small vessel stopping, swarm defense and ship system disruption.
Concept of Employment: Force protection, port operations, and vessel pursuit/stop/interdiction.
Capability Effect: Stops vessel propulsion by electrical system malfunction .

UNCLASSIFIED

85

UNCLASSIFIED

Laser Based Flow Modification
Status: Conceptual
Lead Agency: JNLWD
Target Type: Counter-Materiel
Intended Target Response: Divert aircraft fromrestricted area.
Description: A laser-based approach to modify the flow
across control surfaces of an airplane. This effect isachieved by directing a pulsed laser at the leading edgeof the airfoil in order to adjust the drag and lift on aplane, externally controlling the steering forces throughmodifying aerodynamic flow.
Concept of Employment: Divert aircraft from restricted area.
Capabilities Effect: Force aircraft to divert from path by modifying airflow across control surfaces.

UNCLASSIFIED

86

UNCLASSIFIED

Intentionally Blank

UNCLASSIFIED

87

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY