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3 - Prohibited Weapons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

Yoram Dinstein
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Tel-Aviv University
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‘Weapons’ are means of warfare, including any arms (for instance, missile launchers, artillery, machine guns and rifles), munitions (for example, missiles, bombs, mines, shells and bullets) and other devices (including cyber malware) or mechanisms striving to (i) kill, disable or injure persons; or (ii) destroy or damage matériel or property.422 Weapons encompass also weapon systems (with diverse components or external delivery/guidance means) and platforms carrying weapons (such as tanks or warships). Military platforms not carrying weapons (e.g., troops-carrying trucks) do not qualify as weapons per se, even though they contribute to military operations.423 Generally speaking, weapons can be categorized in a binary fashion as (i) conventional weapons and (ii) weapons of mass destruction.

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Print publication year: 2022

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  • Prohibited Weapons
  • Yoram Dinstein, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict
  • Online publication: 03 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106191.007
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  • Yoram Dinstein, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict
  • Online publication: 03 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106191.007
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  • Prohibited Weapons
  • Yoram Dinstein, Tel-Aviv University
  • Book: The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict
  • Online publication: 03 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009106191.007
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