At the same time, the U.S. has much to offer Israel in terms of non-lethal technologies that can reduce civilian casualties.

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According to Andy Mazzara, the director of the Institute for Non-Lethal Defence Technologies at Pennsylvania State University, prototypes of such devices use a laser to create an ionised channel of air through which an electromagnetic pulse is directed.

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