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The U.S. Massive Ordnance Air Blast, nicknamed the Mother Of All Bombs, is a large-yield satellite-guided, air-delivered bomb described as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in history.
Russian “Vacuum” Bomb: The Daddy of All Bombs | Impact Lab 2007
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This responsibility ranges from the safe movement of helicopters delivering supplies, through surveillance operations, to calling for, or clearing the use of, air-delivered munitions in support of ground forces.
An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008
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It is prohibited in all circumstances to make any military objective located within a concentration of civilians the object of attack by air-delivered incendiary weapons
Think Progress » Congress Fuels South Asian Nuclear Arms Race 2006
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“The 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (Protocol III) prohibits the use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against civilian populations or indiscriminate incendiary attacks against military forces co-located with civilians.”
Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage 2005
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The US position is that air-delivered incendiaries may be proper against targets in areas of civilian concentration if their usage would reduce civilian deaths, e.g., to destroy a chemical weapons factory in which the incendiary device burns the chemicals rather than disperses them.
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As I blogged about in Save Em All and let God sort them out, some 3 years ago I was involved in making a simulation of air-delivered relief efforts - the TAIL model.
Paper T(r)ail Zoe Brain 2007
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As I blogged about in Save Em All and let God sort them out, some 3 years ago I was involved in making a simulation of air-delivered relief efforts - the TAIL model.
Archive 2007-12-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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“The 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons (Protocol III) prohibits the use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against civilian populations or indiscriminate incendiary attacks against military forces co-located with civilians.”
Think Progress » The Truth About ThinkProgress’ White Phosphorus Coverage 2005
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- It is prohibited in all circumstances to make any military objective located within a concentration of civilians the object of attack by air-delivered incendiary weapons.
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“It is further prohibited to make any military objective located within a concentration of civilians the object of attack by means of incendiary weapons other than air-delivered incendiary weapons, except when such military objective is clearly separated from the concentration of civilians …”
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