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The Slimeball

The Slimeball

Whitehurst, Daniel L.

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Technology & EngineeringGeneral Law

ISBN10: 1025130383
ISBN13: 9781025130385
Publisher: Hutson Street Press
Published: May 22 2025
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

To date, the development of non-lethal weapons (NLW) has concentrated on one-on-one applications and other small, tightly controlled situations. The development of broader scale NLW has lagged, however, even though the technical barriers to their employment do not appear to be insurmountable. In the maritime domain, in particular, making NLW available to decision makers could have decisive effects in a variety of potential and very real situations. The Slimeball is a two-part weapon system consisting of a floating sticky foam barrier that will resist attempts to remove it, and a submerged gel barrier that will impede movement through a ship channel. The parts can also be used independently of each other, depending on the type of munitions used to deliver the material and the desired effects. The primary consideration for successfully employing the system is to only use it in facilities that are sheltered from open water and exhibit restricted waterways, such as jetty-protected harbors or underground facilities with narrow adits. The individual components of the Slimeball already exist or can be manufactured to designers' specifications, and some are even commercially available, but to date they have not been combined in the manner described here.

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