The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties on the treatment of civilians, prisoners of war (POWs) and soldiers who are otherwise rendered hors de combat (French, literally “outside the fight”), or incapable of fighting. This convention produced a treaty designed to protect wounded and sick soldiers during wartime.

The Geneva Conventions are rules that apply only in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities; these include the sick and wounded of armed forces on the field, wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, prisoners of war, and civilians.

Geneva Conventions, a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva between 1864 and 1949 for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians.

In a war in which the involved parties have all openly declared hostilities, killing enemy soldiers on the battlefield is legal. Since murder is illegal by definition, killing a soldier on the battlefield in a war can’t be murder. A soldier who kills an enemy under the rules of war isn’t a murderer.

False surrender is a type of perfidy in the context of war. It is a war crime under Protocol I of the Geneva Convention. False surrenders are usually used to draw the enemy out of cover to attack them off guard, but they may be used in larger operations such as during a siege.

What happens if you break the rules of war? A State responsible for IHL violations must make full reparation for the loss or injury it has caused. Serious violations of IHL are war crimes. Individuals responsible for these crimes can be investigated and prosecuted.

The US Naval Handbook (1995) states: Directed energy devices, which include laser … are not proscribed by the law of armed conflict. Lasers may be employed as a range finder or for target acquisition with the possibility of ancillary injury to enemy personnel, or directly against combatants as an anti-personnel weapon.

(see the policy on strategic bombing at the start of the World War II). Article 6(b) of the Charter thus condemned the “wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity” and classified it as a violation of the laws or customs of war, therefore, making it a war crime.

Under Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions, the nuclear bombing of Japan would have violated IHL. Due to their potential for utter destruction, nuclear weapons should not exist in our current world and should not be used in any circumstance. But today international law does not ban nuclear weapons.

According to Aldrich, detained Al Qaeda members are clear- ly not entitled to POW status. They are illegal combatants and may therefore be prosecuted for their participation in any armed conflict and for any crime they committed in the process. It may be the case that member of Al Qaeda are not entitled to POW status.

Which private jet has the longest range?

1. VIP Dreamliner – 15,000KM range, 17 hours flying. Available on the private jet charter market right now is a Boeing 787-800 ‘Dreamliner’.
2. The Gulfstream G650ER – 14,000KM range, 14 hours flying.
3. The Bombardier Global 6000 range – 11,000KM range, 13 hours flying.

Whirlwind

P-38, also called Lightning, fighter and fighter-bomber employed by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. A large and powerful aircraft, it served as a bomber escort, a tactical bomber, and a photo-reconnaissance platform.

Hibbard and his then assistant, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the twin-boomed P-38 was the most innovative plane of its day, combining speed with unheard-of advances: two supercharged engines and a potent mix of four 50-caliber machine guns and a 20-mm cannon.

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The initial Thunderbolt flyers, 56th Fighter Group, was sent overseas to join the 8th Air Force. As the P-47 Thunderbolt worked up to operational status, it gained a nickname: the “Jug” (because its profile was similar to that of a common milk jug of the time).