![]() “We are not currently fielding capabilities that enable our warfighters that are out there engaging in those gray zone operations to actually compete,” he said during remarks at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Armament Systems Forum in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Leimbach, a former tank officer and self-described “lethality junkie,” said nonlethal weapons will play a key role in the future of warfare. ![]() Wendell Leimbach, director of the Defense Department’s joint nonlethal weapons directorate. In charge of the Pentagon’s effort to develop such weapons is Marine Corps Col. But as the United States faces operations in the “gray zone” - actions that remain below the level of conventional armed conflict - there is an increasing need for nonlethal options. ![]() Modern warfare is often characterized by heavy firepower such as guns, tanks and attack aircraft.
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