### Question
How is the "military objective" defined?


### Answer
The term **military objective** is defined in *10 U.S.C. § 950p* as follows -

> combatants and those objects during hostilities which, by their nature, location, purpose, or use, effectively contribute to the war-fighting or war-sustaining capability of an opposing force and whose total or partial destruction, capture, or neutralization would constitute a definite military advantage to the attacker under the circumstances at the time of an attack

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 950p*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART II-PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 47A-MILITARY COMMISSIONS > SUBCHAPTER VIII-PUNITIVE MATTERS**

