WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Homeland Security Research Corp., the global leader in Homeland Security technology and market research, is proud to launch a new market research, Non-Lethal Weapons: Technologies & Global Market – 2012-2020.
The report forecasts that over the next five years, the global Non-Lethal Weapons (NLW) market is expected to grow from $1.4B in 2011 to $2.4B by 2016 with a 17% CAGR thereafter. Governments worldwide now undoubtedly understand the function of non-lethal weapons following lessons learned in Egypt, Israel, Iraq, China and Afghanistan. Unforeseen street riots and mass demonstrations over the last decade revealed the loopholes in the security dogma of the 21st century.
According to Dan Inbar, the report’s lead analyst: “In cases of violent conflicts, the use of non-lethal weapons provides a set of moderate options that fall between the use of psychological means and the use of lethal force. Non-lethal weapons provide a valuable alternative for law enforcement and military commanders to use less-lethal means between the other options of “Shout or Shoot”.
There is a growing demand from combatant commanders, law enforcement officers and political establishments for non-lethal weapons capabilities. This demand is driven by the need to help them win the hearts and minds of the non-combatant population and prevent world outcry and media attention resulting from non-combatant casualties. As a result, many governments lead by the USA entered into non-lethal weapons R&D and procurement, dedicated to the full spectrum of public safety, law enforcement, crowd control and asymmetric warfare.
The report, segmented into 61 sub-markets, offers for each sub-market 2011 data and 2012-2020 forecasts and analysis. In more than 320 pages, 124 tables and 99 figures, the report analyses and projects the 2012-2020 market and technologies from several perspectives.
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