Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
I forget which doctrinal terms we are using now - non-lethal, non-kinetic, etc.
We've now gone to lethal and non-lethal effects based on the first order effect achieved through application of that system. It simple terms if the immediate effect achieved through the application or utilisation of a capability is killing someone it is lethal, if the immediate effect is not killing someone then it is non-lethal.
For a while there we went on the whole kinetic non-lethal, non-kinetic lethal etc mumbo jumbo but no one could ever keep up with what we were trying to achieve.
Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
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TO me what you're actually advocating is an IO officer to synchronise and coordinate all of those elements