TEAR GASSING BY REMOTE CONTROL The development and promotion of remotely operated means of deliver- ing or dispersing riot control agents December 2015 The Remote Control project is a project of the Network for Social Change hosted by Oxford Research Group. The project examines and challenges changes in military engage- ment, in particular the use of drones, special operations forces (SOF), private military and security companies (PMSCs) and cyber and intelligence activities. The Omega Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent UK-based research, investigation and policy organisation. It is dedicated to providing rigorous, objective, evidence-based research on the manufacture, trade in, and use of, military, security and police technologies. Bradford Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project (BNLWRP) is part of the Bradford Disarmament Research Centre (BDRC) of Bradford Uni- versity. Its primary objectives are to explore and compile open source information on so called “non-lethal” or “less lethal” weapons, to objec- tively analyse the implications of their development, proliferation, use and potential misuse for international peace, human security and human rights; and to develop strategies for regulating or prohibiting the introduction and potential use of the most dangerous of these weapons. Dr Michael Crowley is BNLWRP Project Co-ordinator and a Research Associate at ORF. He has published widely on arms control, security and human rights issues. His latest book, Chemical Control: Regulation of Inca- pacitating Chemical Agent Weapons, Riot Control Agents and their Means of Delivery, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2015. Published by the Remote Control project, December 2015 Remote Control Project Oxford Research Group Development House 56-64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT United Kingdom +44 (0)207 549 0298
[email protected] http://remotecontrolproject.org Cover image: Cyclone riot control drone system, displayed on the ISPRA (ISPRA Israel Product Research Co., Israel) stand at MILIPOL 2015, Paris, France, November 2015.