Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - I Asia, o nisi o fitafita Saina o loʻo faʻaaogaina le crossbows, e aofia ai le Snow Leopard Commando Unit o le People's Armed Police ma le People's Liberation Army. O se tasi o māfuaaga mo lenei mea, ona o le mafai e le pulufana ona taofia tagata o loo aveina ni mea e pa ai, e aunoa ma le lamatia o le faatupuina o se faalavelave. I le taimi o le vevesi i Xinjiang ia Iulai 2009
I le vaitaimi o le Soviet Union, na faaaogā ai pusa fanafana faatasi ai ma meafaigaluega faamiliteli ina ia faatoʻilaloina ai tetee. O le Indian Navy's Marine Commando Force na faʻaauupegaina seia oʻo i le faaiuga o le 1980s ma crossbows na sapalaiina i cyanide-tipped bolts, o se filifiliga i le taofiofia o fana.