This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their

normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law

bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.

This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
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This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.
This article explores the realities and myths of twenty-first-century precision operations and their
normative significance.3 What is precision? Which aspects of international humanitarian law
bear on precision attack? How might improvements in precision technologies affect the nature of
armed conflict, and how might such changes influence the application and interpretation of
international humanitarian law by belligerents? Hopefully, the article will clarify some of the
prevailing misperceptions about precision, while identifying both positive and negative aspects
of precision warfare that merit further inquiry.