Saudis visit non-lethal weapons program.USASAC USASAC United States Army Security Assistance Command USASAC United States Army Security Assistance Center USASAC United States Army Security Affairs Command USASAC United States Army Seoul Area Command PAO PAO Peak acid output, see there Members of the Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWP JNLWP Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program ), Quantico Marine Base, Va., provided a weapons orientation and briefing to Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Mohammed Fahad Zuair, Director General of the Military Procurement Directorate for the Saudi National Guard and his staff in May. Army Brigadier General Clinton Anderson, Program Manager, Saudi Arabian National Guard The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG, also known as the White Army) is one of five branches of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces. It serves both as defence force against external threats and as a security force against internal threats. Modernization Program organized the orientation. The session was designed to familiarize the Saudis with many non-lethal weapons systems and their use under U.S. domestic law, existing treaties and international law, to include the laws of war The two parts of the laws of war (or Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC)): Law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war, like the Geneva Conventions, is called jus in bello; while law concerning allowable justifications for armed force is called . The JNLWP is a Department of Defense activity that provides warfighters a family of nonlethal weapons systems with a range of optional non-lethal capabilities across the full spectrum of threats and crises. These weapons are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate in·ca·pac·i·tate tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates 1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable. 2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify. personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury to personnel, and undesired collateral damage to property and the environment. "Many of the systems displayed are currently in use in Afghanistan and Iraq," said Marine Colonel Dave Karcher, director of JNLWP. The types of available systems, as well as the demand for training, has increased dramatically since the program began in 1996. According to Colonel Karcher: We hold twelve resident classes a year at Fort Leonard Wood Fort Leonard Wood, U.S. army post, 71,000 acres (28,700 hectares), S central Mo.; est. 1940. It is one of the largest basic-training centers in the United States and also provides training for army engineers. , Mo., and our average through-put is about 400 students. We currently have 160 U.S. Marines, 200 Soldiers, 25 Air Force personnel, 5 members of the U.S. Coast Guard and 4 international students going through the course. Attempts are being pursued to expand the program due to the increased demand. Air Force Major Troy Roberts stated the following: Orientations like these are very important JNLWP capabilities and requirement specialist. This is technology we can share to enhance our interoperability with friends and allies. These systems help minimize the amount of force required to restrain or diffuse any opposition. |
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