Security & Future
Vol. 5 (2021), Issue 2, pg(s) 71-74

TECHNICAL FACILITIES FOR ENSURING SECURITY

Non-lethal technologies for forced stopping potentially dangerous vehicles and vessels

  • 1 Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technologies with Hydro- and Aerodynamics Centre ”Acad. Angel Balevski” at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract

The development of means for stopping vehicles and vessels that pose a potential threat of criminal and terrorist activity is one of the priorities in the non-lethal technologies research today. This paper summarizes and discusses the results of a study on the current state and prospects of technologies and systems for forced stopping different types of vehicles and vessels

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