IS IT A WARCRIME TO ATTACK A NUCLEAR PLANT?? - (Attorney explains)

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After my Thursday stream last week, Steve sent me an email asking about what exactly governs the rules of war and makes something a warcrime. Well, here's the brief rundown of what the rules of war are and how they operate, and why attacking a nuclear power plant is not automatically against the rules of war.

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Further recourses if your are interested:
New York University Journal of International Law and Politics Article - https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/2931-parks-direct-participation-in-hostilities
United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual - https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/DoD%20Law%20of%20War%20Manual%20-%20June%202015%20Updated%20Dec%202016.pdf?ver=2016-12-13-172036-190
United States Army and Marine Corps Commander's Handbook on the Law of Land Warfare
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN19354_FM%206-27%20_C1_FINAL_WEB_v2.pdf
Red Cross Guidance on Direct Participation in Hostilities Under International Humanitarian Law - https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/assets/files/other/icrc-002-0990.pdf#:~:text=While%20international%20humanitarian%20law%20relating%20to%20the%20notion,a%20certain%20issue%20%28custom%29%20can%20produce%20binding%20law.