Non-lethal naval vessel interdiction weapon

A non-lethal weapons system for interdiction of a swarm of naval vessels, the non-lethal weapons system comprising:

• non-lethal weapons;
• a launcher configured to launch each non-lethal weapon into water for interdiction operations;
• and
• a processor configured to provide a tactically useful hostile intent assessment alert and to manage identification and targeting of a corresponding naval vessel for each of the non-lethal weapons,
• each non-lethal weapon comprising a hydrodynamic hull, guidance and delivery systems housed in the hydrodynamic hull with the delivery system being controllable by the guidance system to drive a naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel and a deployment system configured to prepare the hydrodynamic hull for payload deployment and to deploy the naval vessel impeding payload toward the corresponding naval vessel following hull preparation.

A non-lethal weapon for small vessel or large vessel interdiction, comprising:

• a hull comprising a tail, a nosecone, a payload section interposed between the tail and the nosecone and a cutting system operable to separate the nosecone from the payload section;
• guidance and delivery systems housed in the hull with the delivery system being controllable by the guidance system to drive the payload section toward a target;
• a payload housed in the payload section and comprising a harpoon attachable to the target upon deployment thereof and an anchoring element coupled to the harpoon and configured to anchor the target with the harpoon attached thereto;
• and
• a deployment system configured to operate the cutting system and to deploy at least the harpoon toward the target following nosecone separation,
• the guidance, delivery and deployment systems being configured for engagement in response to issuance of a tactically useful hostile intent assessment alert.