England Directs Use of Non-Lethal Weapons for Domestic Use

By Jason Sherman / August 5, 2005 at 5:00 AM
Acting Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has directed U.S. forces to draw up plans to use non-lethal technologies in domestic missions such as protecting nuclear power plants and stopping suspicious ships in American waterways, according to Pentagon officials and documents. Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. Northern Command, which oversees homeland defense in the continental United States and Alaska, and Adm. William Fallon, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, which is responsible for homeland defense of Hawaii and U.S. protectorates in...

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