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.

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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Corporate author / creator:	United States. Government Accountability Office.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
Description:	ii, 64 p. : digital, PDF file ;
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Dept. of Defense -- Weapons systems. United States. -- Dept. of Defense -- Management. Nonlethal weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Format:	E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10637335

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Varying Form of Title:	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
Other uniform titles:	ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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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.
Other form:	Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Defense management Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Defense management. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest,[2004] CIS 2009 J942-296
GPO item no.:	0546-D (online)
Govt.docs classification:	GA 1.13:GAO-09-344