79 PTE Project

79PTE PROJECT

The aim of the TearCloud project is to develop the manufacturing capacity, at industrial level, of a low toxicity tear-irritant ammunition to combat public disorder, through technological transfer from the Research and Innovation Centre for CBRN Defense and Ecology (P1) to the economic operator C.N.ROMARM S.A. (CO), in order to provide the necessary equipment for the structures of the national system of defense, public order and national security (SNAOPSN), as well as for external beneficiaries.
The low-toxicity irritant-lachrymatory ammunition to combat public disorder will be based on a composition of irritant-lachrymatory agents, less dangerous and much more effective than those currently on the market, with significant rapid recovery, no permanent injuries and greater safety in use.
Thus, the low-toxicity tear-irritant ammunition, in the form of a hand grenade with special effects, is intended to be used by law enforcement agencies and to offer decision-makers the possibility of using the product as an alternative solution to conflict situations where the use of lethal weapons is inappropriate, i.e. missions to combat public disorder, actions to prevent and combat terrorism or training activities for all-weapon fighters to carry out rapid combat actions.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction excluded irritants from the category of chemical weapons, grouping them under the heading of substances for the control of disorder. Thus, the use of irritants is allowed only for the purpose of combating public disorder and not as a method of warfare.
In this context, non-lethal technologies can become ideal means to control public disorder.