Military Objective Law and Legal Definition
According to 32 CFR 11.5 [Title 32 -- National Defense;Subtitle A -- Department Of Defense;Chapter I -- Office Of The Secretary Of Defense ;Subchapter B -- Military Commissions ;Part 11 -- Crimes And Elements For Trials By Military Commission] Military objectives are those “potential targets during an armed conflict which, by their nature, location, purpose, or use, effectively contribute to the opposing force's war-fighting or war-sustaining capability and whose total or partial destruction, capture, or neutralization would constitute a military advantage to the attacker under the circumstances at the time of the attack.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Acceptability (Military)
- Access to Classified Information (Military)
- Accountability (Military)
- Active Military Duty For Training
- Active Military Service
- Active Military, Naval, or Air Service
- Attack Assessment (Military Law)
- Basic Encyclopedia (Military law)
- Basic Military Route Network
- Battle Damage Assessment (Military Law)
