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The use of WP against military targets is not prohibited. A jammer is a military target. As long as it's not causing undue damage to civilians, this is not a wa
by stoltzmann 2y ago
The use of WP against military targets is not prohibited. A jammer is a military target. As long as it's not causing undue damage to civilians, this is not a war crime.
- littlestymaar 2y agoI don't understand the expected military effect of white phosphorus on a RF jammer though…
- mrguyorama 2y agoYou don't understand the expected effect of very hot, inextinguishable fire on an electronic device?
- littlestymaar 2y agoWhy do you expect the electronic device to be within reach of the phosphorus in the first place? The antenna would[1], but the valuable electronics has no reason to be left outside, and practically any amount of concrete, rock or even dirt would protect it from WP. Also, from your description you're probably confusing WP with termite, which is different (but would be equally inefficient again EW devices for the same reason). [1]: and with WP you're likely going to just damage the wires and not the antenna itself
- stoltzmann 2y agoI agree, I would rather do plain old HE over WP for a jammer. But either case would not qualify for a war crime.
- littlestymaar 2y agoDepends how close they are from the civilian population, as always. At least with HE you can limit the damage to the particular place that holds the device, when I'm not familiar with any use of white phosphorus through precision munition (I'm far from a munition expert though, so I may be wrong here).