What defines a military target from a civilian target in the following example?

Question by aeiou_i: What defines a military target from a civilian target in the following example?

If a group of 100 people are considered either military enemies or hostile civilians, how many of them have to be armed (by estimation) in order for the group to be considered a legitimate military target?




Best answer:

Answer by A Real American
It all depends on whether they are acting aggressively or not. If 1/2 of them have weapons, and they are all in the same group, acting aggresively, it's free game.

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