非致命武器是为使人员或器材失能,同时对人员的永久伤害以及对财产和周围环境的破坏减少到最低限度的武器系统。 1996年7月,美国国防部在弗吉尼亚州匡蒂科成立了联合非致命武器管理局,负责管理菲致命武器在部队中的应用。“9·11”事件之前,美国军队已经装备了非致命武器,主要应用在维和行动和军队保卫两个方面。在索马里、海地和巴拿马的军事行动中,非致命武器的使用非常有限,直到美军在巴尔干地区展开军事行动后,非致命武器才有了 Non-lethal weapons are those weapons systems that minimize the loss of personnel or equipment while minimizing permanent damage to people and damage to property and the environment. In July 1996, the United States Department of Defense established a joint non-lethal weapons authority in Quantico, Virginia, to manage the use of the Fifi lethal weapons in the military. Prior to the September 11 attacks, the U.S. military was equipped with non-lethal weapons and was mainly used in peacekeeping operations and military defense. In the military operations in Somalia, Haiti and Panama, the use of non-lethal weapons was very limited and non-lethal weapons did not exist until the U.S. military started operations in the Balkans