Joint and Combined Targeting: System and Process

Weighing Lives in War (Jens Ohlin, Larry May & Claire Finkelstein eds. Oxford University Press 2017 Forthcoming)

23 Pages Posted: 30 Aug 2016

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Michael N. Schmitt

Lieber Institute, USMA at West Point; University of Reading School of Law; Naval War College - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

Jeffrey Biller

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

Sean Fahey

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

David Goddard

Independent

Chad Highfill

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

Date Written: August 25, 2016

Abstract

Written with colleagues at the Stockton Center for the Study of International Law who have military operational experience, this piece describes the joint targeting cycle. It separately examines targeting in the air, land, maritime and cyber environments. The chapter concludes with a discussion of coalition targeting and the legal challenges it raises.

Keywords: targeting, international humanitarian law, cyber

Suggested Citation

Schmitt, Michael N. and Biller, Jeffrey and Fahey, Sean and Goddard, David and Highfill, Chad, Joint and Combined Targeting: System and Process (August 25, 2016). Weighing Lives in War (Jens Ohlin, Larry May & Claire Finkelstein eds. Oxford University Press 2017 Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2830229

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Jeffrey Biller

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law ( email )

686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841
United States

Sean Fahey

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841
United States

David Goddard

Independent ( email )

Chad Highfill

Government of the United States of America - Stockton Center for the Study of International Law

686 Cushing Road
Newport, RI 02841
United States

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