Nonlethal Weapons and Capabilities Independent Task Force Report No. 50

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

TASK FORCE REPORT

1. Positioning of Nonlethal Weapons in Current U.S. Capabilities

2. Changes in Politics, Security, and Technology

3. Background in Nonlethal Weapons

4. Current Administration of Nonlethal Weapons-Joint Nonlethal Weapons Directorate

5. An Expanded Nonlethal Weapons Program

6. Emerging Technologies and Unfulfilled Needs

7. Learning from Experience

8. Caveats and Comments

9. Chemical Nonlethal Weapons

10. Findings

11. Recommendations

ADDITIONAL OR DISSENTING VIEWS

TASK FORCE MEMBERS

TASK FORCE OBSERVERS

APPENDIXES

A: Currently Available (or Nearly Available) Nonlethal Weapons

B: Three Iraqi Fables

C: Chemical and Biological Nonlethal Weapons