Incapacitant

Incapacitant

An incapacitant is a substance or device that is used to incapacitate individuals temporarily.

Uses

* Riot control
* Prisoner control
* Crowd control
* Non-lethal battle

Examples

* chemical weapons
** tear gas
** Malodorant (stink weapon)
** CS gas
** Chloroacetophenone (mace)
** Oleoresin Capsicum (extract of cayenne pepper)
** Sticky foam
* kinetic energy weapons
** rubber bullets
** water cannon
** beanbag round
** plastic bullets
* electric shock weapons
** stun gun
** TASER
** laser induced plasma channel (Electrolaser)
* sound weapons
** sound grenade
** Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)
** Magnetic Acoustic Device (MAD)
* light weapons
** flash grenade
** PHaSR laser-dazzling rifle
** Portable Efficient Laser Testbed (PELT)
** Laser AirCraft CounterMeasures (ACCM)
* remote pain inducing weapons
** PAVA
** Active Denial System
* Directed Energy
** High Power Microwaves (HPM)
* Combination
** Shockrounds piezo-electric tip for projectiles that generates and releases charge on impact
** XREP (eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile

External links

* [http://www.keme.co.uk/~mack/Chemical.htm]
* [http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002040.html Inside the Air Force's Laser Lab]
* [http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/nlw/research_reports/docs/BNLWRPResearchReportNo8_Mar06.pdf]
* [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,322588,00.html Time - Beyond the rubber bullet]


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