War-Risk Hazard Law and Legal Definition
"War-risk hazard" means ”a hazard arising during a war in which the United States is engaged; during an armed conflict in which the United States is engaged, whether or not war has been declared; or during a war or armed conflict between military forces of any origin, occurring in the country in which an individual to whom this subchapter [5 USCS §§ 8101 et seq.] applies is serving; from--
(A) the discharge of a missile, including liquids and gas, or the use of a weapon, explosive, or other noxious thing by a hostile force or individual or in combating an attack or an imagined attack by a hostile force or individual;
(B) action of a hostile force or individual, including rebellion or insurrection against the United States or any of its allies;
(C) the discharge or explosion of munitions intended for use in connection with a war or armed conflict with a hostile force or individual;
(D) the collision of vessels on convoy or the operation of vessels or aircraft without running lights or without other customary peacetime aids to navigation; or
(E) the operation of vessels or aircraft in a zone of hostilities or engaged in war activities.” (5 USCS § 8101)
