Means and methods of warfare

The evolving nature of warfare is not limited to changes in the parties engaging in armed conflict but also encompasses the means and methods of warfare. Warfare no longer looks much like the First World War, when opposing armies faced off bearing traditional weapons, and much of this is due to technological advances. 

Keywords Chemical weapons Chemical warfare Disarmament International criminal law Means and methods of warfare Geneva protocol 1925 Hague regulations 1899/1907 Chemical weapons convention 1993 Rome statute 1998 Kampala amendments 2010... 

The last 100 years has proven immensely challenging for the law of armed conflict. Technology has profonndly changed the means and methods of warfare, and international law has become increasingly involved in regulating non-intemational armed conflicts. The bulk of the written law of armed conflict, structured as it is... 

There was clear evidence that distinct progress was made during the maneuvers in arousing interest in the use of chemical warfare means and methods under battlefield conditions. As a result, a greater portion of the command, staff, and rank and file are undoubtedly more cognizant of how chemicals might be used against them, and what countermeasures to take.96(pl7)... 

Down. This was the generation of military men and civihan researchers for whom the experience of the Great War, and of tens of thousands of gassed soldiers, marked a watershed in their determination to prepare the country for a future war, protect the army and civilians from the anticipated fallout, and supply the military with the means and methods to retahate. On the eve of the Second World War, many of those who had fought in the previous war were ready to recommence research on chemical warfare to protect the United Kingdom and her allies. 

Individual physicians are supplied information about CW and BW through several means items of interest in the Journal, scientific papers, formal presentations at medical meetings, demonstrations, and exhibits. The sizable volume of correspondence and inquiry received at the secretary s office, Council on National Security, AMA, is an important method of supplying information directly to individual physicians and others working in chemical and biological warfare. 

A. Actual detection and identification of a biological agent is the only means to prove that such an attack has occurred. Correct and rapid identification of suspected BW agents is politically and medically critical. Biological warfare agents can be identified by a variety of methods at the appropriate laboratory such as ... 

The tremendous potentialities of biological warfare in the future demand that the necessary tactics and employment in the field be worked out well in advance so that such means may be used immediately and effectively once a decision to do so is made. It is essential that Chemical Officers on the staffs of divisions and higher units, including equivalent Army Air Force elements, be in a position to advise their Commanders relative to the capability, limitations and means of protection against this new method of attack. Further, they must be able to prepare suitable offensive and defensive plans and to supervise such training of troops in these methods as may be required.114... 

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