strategy
Non-lethal warfare
Description:
Engaging in combat using technologies of warfare which do not kill the combatants. Implementation:
Research is being done on narcotic darts and temporarily incapacitating chemical agents. Claim:
Warfare being inevitable. It must be rendered less or non destructive to human life. Thus instead of being biological it could be made economically destructive. Counter Claim:
Were warfare much less destructive, it would be more frequently used to resolve conflicts. It is precisely its physical and biological destructiveness which makes it the last resort. Problems:
Chemical warfareIndiscriminate use of tear gas
Inhumane methods of riot control
Irritant fumes
Poisonous gases and vapours
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies