ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the concept of military advantage. The issue of whether the anticipated advantage may, in principle, entail operational as well as strategic benefits relates to the discussion of military advantage in the context of an attack 'as a whole'. The chapter explores the meaning of the terms in the definition will take into account the record of negotiations. The Spanish authentic text is the only version of Additional Protocol I to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions (API) that uses the word 'or' to connect the two elements of the definition. Spain participated in combat operations during the NATO 1999 intervention in Kosovo. The definition of military objective requires that total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization of the object offers a definite military advantage in the circumstances ruling at the time. The Commission concluded that the second half of the test was satisfied through the operational benefit in depriving Eritrea of electricity.
