Las FFAA de EUA llevan adelante un programa para el desarrollo de Drones (UAV, UGV y USV) preparados para desempe\u00f1arse como plataformas de Armas no Letales. Se eval\u00faan Armas de Energ\u00eda Dirigida (DEW), especialmente L\u00e1ser de baja potencia y Armas de microondas. Estos desarrollos permitir\u00edan a elementos militares org\u00e1nicos, desempe\u00f1arse m\u00e1s eficazmente en escenarios de conflicto, donde existen posibilidades de provocar v\u00edctimas civiles y da\u00f1o colateral.<\/p>\n
The U.S. military wants to arm small drones and manned vehicles with non-lethal weapons.<\/p>\n
These devices would include exotic non-lethal gear, including directed energy weapons such as low-powered lasers and microwave beams, as well as more familiar weapons such as stun grenades and stink bombs. These weapons would equip aerial drones and manned and robotic ground vehicles, as well naval surface and underwater craft.<\/p>\n
For most of history, armies have only enjoyed a binary option: either use lethal force or don\u2019t use force at all. Employing regular troops \u2013 who often lacked appropriate equipment and training \u2013 for missions such as riot control and civil policing often had bloody and politically embarrassing results.<\/p>\n
But a new generation of non-lethal weapons \u2013 and the advent of small drones able to carry them \u2013 offers new options for armies preparing for gray zone warfare, that netherworld populated by information operations, cyberattacks, state-sponsored political and militant groups, and special forces operations. For U.S. commanders dreading social media video of American troops firing bullets at a mob, a robot that can disperse rioters with a non-lethal laser or microwave cannon would be a godsend.<\/p>\n