• JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Preface: I am no expert, this is just my understanding.
    Weapons that are illegal/considered war crimes fall roughly into categories of:

    A. Indiscriminate - kill soldiers and non-combatants/civilians alike (eg. Land mines, incendiary, cluster bombs, etc)

    B. Cruel - especially painful ways to die or designed to cause ongoing suffering and maiming. (Eg: gas/chemical warfare, dirty bombs, etc)
    A lot of weapons tick both of those boxes, and there are possibly more i am unaware of.