“中级对抗能力”--美军关于非致命武器的全新描述

“Intermediate Force Capabilities”--New description of Non-Lethal Weapons for the U.S.military

2020年,美国国防部非致命武器项目首次在报告中将非致命武器定性描述为“中级对抗能力”,并将其项目管理部门更名为“联合中级对抗能力办公室”。这种改变不仅是对非致命武器描述的变化,更是美军非致命武器发展战略转型的信号。本文首先对“中级对抗能力”的基本概念进行了阐述,分析了其与非致命武器之间的相关性;然后通过分析美军非致命武器在过去发展中存在的问题,描述中级对抗能力在“灰色地带”的意义,说明引入“中级对抗能力”的原因;最后从研究开发、能力整合、结构优化以及资金保障四方面分析了美军未来中级对抗能力的发展要点。通过了解中级对抗能力,可以分析美国发展非致命武器背后的逻辑思路和其可能对我产生的不对称优势。

In 2020,the U.S.Department of Defense Non-Lethal Weapons Program first characterized Non-Lethal Weapons(NLW)as“Intermediate Force Capabilities”(IFCs)in its report and renamed the management depart‐ment of the program to“Joint Intermediate Force Capabilities Office”.The change of description of NLW signals the transformation of the development strategy of NLW within the services.This paper first expounds on the basic concept of IFCs and analyzes its relevance to NLW.Second,by exploring the problems and limitations of the U.S.military’s NLW and illustrating the significance of IFCs in the“Gray Zone”,it explains why the IFCs was intro‐duced to the NLW Program.Finally,examining research and development,capability integration,structural optimi‐zation,and financial support reveals critical points for the future development of the U.S.military’s IFCs.Insights into the IFCs could shed light on the logic behind the development of NLW for the U.S.military and its potential asymmetrical advantage over the military.