Targeting Iranian Spy Ships

Targeting Iranian Spy Ships

by | Mar 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Targeting

Targeting Iranian Spy Ships On March 17, 2025, Al-Hadath, a Saudi news outlet, reported that U.S. forces in the Middle East had targeted and sunk Iran’s newest signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship, the IRINS Zagros (H313), while the spy ship was on station in the Red...
Ukraine Symposium – Terrorizing Civilians and the Law of Armed Conflict

Ukraine Symposium – Terrorizing Civilians and the Law of Armed Conflict

by , | Mar 4, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium

Ukraine Symposium – Terrorizing Civilians and the Law of Armed Conflict Reports from the Kherson Oblast, an area of Ukraine the Ukrainian military recaptured in November 2022, indicate that the Russian military is using drones to target Ukrainian civilians as part of...
I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows

by | Feb 24, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

I Spy: Espionage, Perfidy, and Fighting in the Shadows In a 2024 Articles of War post, I identified that intelligence gathering, including espionage, is authorized by both treaty and customary international law during armed conflict. For international armed conflicts,...
The Status of the U.S. Coast Guard’s People, Bases and Equipment, and Vessels Under LOAC

The Status of the U.S. Coast Guard’s People, Bases and Equipment, and Vessels Under LOAC

by , | Jan 28, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

The Status of the U.S. Coast Guard’s People, Bases and Equipment, and Vessels Under LOAC The U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) recently published an article highlighting the integral role the U.S. Coast Guard might play in a future high-intensity conflict. Set in the...
Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers

Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers

by | Jan 27, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting

Indo-Pacific Legal Topics for Operational Lawyers The year 2024 was a time of increasing instability for global security. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has resurrected the specter of a world war, in which North Korea is also involved. Perhaps related to...
The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I

The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I

by | Jan 10, 2025 | AoW Posts, Blog, Emerging Technologies, Targeting, Weapons Law

The Drone Threat, the Laser Response, and the Law – Part I In conflicts during the last few years, unmanned air weapons, commonly referred to as drones, have increasingly been used to undertake attacks of ground targets. These attacks have recently involved large...