Incapacitant

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

[edit] Uses

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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• [1]
• Inside the Air Force's Laser Lab
• [2]
• Time - Beyond the rubber bullet