Defense management DOD needs to improve program management, policy, and testing to enhance ability to field operationally useful non-lethal weapons : report to congressional requesters

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United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Management.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Weapons systems.

Nonlethal weapons--Government policy--United States.

Nonlethal weapons.

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ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

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Defense management Department of Defense needs to improve program management, policy, and testing to enhance ability to field operationally useful non-lethal weapons

DOD needs to improve program management, policy, and testing to enhance ability to field operationally useful non-lethal weapons

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] U.S. Govt. Accountability Office [2009]

Summary:

Nonlethal weapons (NLW) provide an alternative when lethal force is undesirable. The Department of Defense (DOD) defines NLW as those that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired damage to property and the environment. DOD created the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program in 1996 to have centralized responsibility for the development of NLW and coordinate requirements among the services. GAO was asked to review the status of NLW programs within DOD and the military services by identifying the extent to which (1) DOD and the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program have developed and fielded NLW since the program's inception; (2) DOD has established and implemented policy, doctrine, and training for NLW; and (3) DOD has conducted testing and evaluation prior to fielding NLW. GAO reviewed and analyzed DOD and service plans, guidance, and doctrine and interviewed officials associated with NLW development

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Microfiche version United States Government Accountability Office Defense management CIS 2009 J942-296

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CMP-2009-GAO-0139

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