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GRENADE SATURATION SENSORIELLE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Lethal Weapons
  • Police
CONT

A “Multi-Sensory Grenade” or “Clear-A-Space Device” employs light, sound and malodorant to overwhelm an individual or group [...]

CONT

The Clear A Space Device, which is similiar to a "flash-bang" grenade, but the effects last up to five minutes long. It would be used to disorient and remove personnel from an enclosed area, like a room or a ship's hold.

Key term(s)
  • multi sensory grenade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes non meurtrières
  • Police

Spanish

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