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The identification of medical aircraft in periods of armed conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1982

Philippe Eberlin
Philippe Eberlin*
Affiliation:
ICRC technical adviser
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Extract

Since the end of the Second World War, technological developments in armaments have produced increasingly sophisticated weapons. The most dangerous of these for air transports protected by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 are remote controlled missiles equipped with homing devices, the operating raduis of which exceeds the visual range of the protective emblems recognized by these Conventions and carried by medical aircraft. The visual range of the emblem is frequently much less than 1,000 metres.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 22 , Issue 229 , August 1982 , pp. 202 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1982

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References

1 Now IMO (International Maritime Organization) as from 1 July 1982.