: designed for use against military personnel
an antipersonnel mine
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States could choose to ban antipersonnel autonomous weapons before their use becomes widespread.
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Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
The report Tuesday reversed the organization’s earlier findings that Ukraine had not used antipersonnel land mines.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
The move effectively returns to a 2014 policy established by the Obama administration that forbade the use of antipersonnel land mines except in defense of South Korea.
—New York Times, 21 June 2022
The use of both antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions are banned under international humanitarian law, yet they are still being used in conflicts today, particularly in Ukraine.
—Alexandra Grossi, Forbes, 1 June 2022
The incendiary rocket was specifically designed as an antipersonnel weapon.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Nestled nearby, unseen by them, was an antipersonnel device, a deadly tactic targeting anyone trying to defuse the larger explosive.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
Some submunitions are designed to be antipersonnel, while others are antivehicle.
—Taylor Umlauf, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
Emergency promoted a campaign that led to a ban on the production of antipersonnel land mines in Italy.
—New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
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Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
The report Tuesday reversed the organization’s earlier findings that Ukraine had not used antipersonnel land mines.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
The move effectively returns to a 2014 policy established by the Obama administration that forbade the use of antipersonnel land mines except in defense of South Korea.
—New York Times, 21 June 2022
The use of both antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions are banned under international humanitarian law, yet they are still being used in conflicts today, particularly in Ukraine.
—Alexandra Grossi, Forbes, 1 June 2022
The incendiary rocket was specifically designed as an antipersonnel weapon.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
Nestled nearby, unseen by them, was an antipersonnel device, a deadly tactic targeting anyone trying to defuse the larger explosive.
—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
Some submunitions are designed to be antipersonnel, while others are antivehicle.
—Taylor Umlauf, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
Emergency promoted a campaign that led to a ban on the production of antipersonnel land mines in Italy.
—New York Times, 20 Aug. 2021
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“Antipersonnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antipersonnel. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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