随着冷战的结束，大规模毁灭性武器失去用武之地。代之而起的是人员歼灭与设施毁坏极小化，更易于致胜的非致命武器，简称“软武器”、“软杀伤武器”，或“非致命武器”。专家指出，软武器把战争带入孙子兵法的最高境界：“百战百胜，非善之善者也；不战而屈人之兵，善之善者 As the cold war ended, weapons of mass destruction lost their uses. Instead, non-lethal weapons that annihilate personnel and minimize the destruction of facilities, and are easier to win, are referred to as “soft weapons,” “soft-weapons” or “non-lethal weapons.” Experts point out that the use of soft weapons to bring the war into the highest state of Art of War: "Victory, non-good kind also; war without turning the enemy, good kind