<HTML>Das US Department of Defense (DoD) will mehr Geld für sog. nicht-tödliche Waffen ausgeben.
DOD: Spend More on Non-Lethal Weapons
InsideDefense.com NewsStand, May 23, 2006
www.military.com/features/0,15240,98297,00.html
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has directed the Defense Department to prepare a new investment plan that significantly increases spending on non-lethal weapons, laying the groundwork for their wider use, according to military sources...
The move to support wider use of non-lethal weapons echoes recommendations made two years ago by a panel of distinguished retired generals and others at the Council on Foreign Relations...
“Incorporating [non-lethal] weapon capabilities into the equipment, training and doctrine of the armed services could substantially improve U.S. effectiveness in conflict, post conflict and homeland defense,” stated the task force, headed by Graham Allison of Harvard University and retired Gen. P.X. Kelley, a former Marine Corps commandant.</HTML>
