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Honestly, that sounds like a good idea. White phosphorous munitions are generally illegal under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
by robin_reala 4y ago
Honestly, that sounds like a good idea. White phosphorous munitions are generally illegal under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
- capableweb 4y agoHere is where the missunderstanding seems to keep happening (regarding White Phosphorous and Tornado Cash). The mere existence of tools like Tornado Cash or White Phosphorous is not illegal (at least wasn't until yesterday), but illegal use of those always was. The distinction is important, but seems to have been lost somewhere along the way.
- blackoil 4y agoProviding `White Phosphorous` manufacturing service for people who you know use it for illegal acts is also illegal.
- capableweb 4y agoReading through "The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons" again, since it was a long time ago, I don't find anything supporting this. Its main purpose is to ban/restrict usage of inhumane weapons, not the production of such. But I might have missed something. If so, mind pointing me to the right section?
- tzs 4y agoIt's illegal (1) against civilians, (2) against military targets in concentrations of civilians if delivered by air attack, (3) against military targets in concentrations of civilians by non-air attack unless the military targets are separated from the civilians and you take all reasonable precautions to limit incidental damage to the civilians, and (4) to use it on forests or plant cover unless they are being used to cover or conceal or camouflage military targets. I don't think I'd describe that as "generally illegal" since it leaves a heck of a lot of situations where it is legal to use it.
- robin_reala 4y agoGiven the US military’s demonstrated lack of precision over the past few decades I’m sticking with generally illegal.