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o neutralized zones, and persons and objects within neutralized zones. 1305.7 MILITARY OBJECTIVESMilitary objectives refers to persons and objects that may be made the object of attack.Certain classes of persons and objects are categorically recognized as military objectives. Apartfrom these classes that are categorically military objectives, other objects are assessed as towhether they meet the definition of “military objective.”5.7.1 Military Objective – Notes on Terminology. The term military objective has beenused in various treaties as a term of art to mean a person or object that may lawfully be made theobject of attack. 1315.7.1.1 Persons and Objects as Military Objectives. Although enemy combatantsmay be made the object of attack, some sources do not classify persons as military objectives,and limit the term military objective to objects.Definitions of military objectives in treaties have defined the term military objectiveinsofar as objects (rather than persons) are concerned. 132 In addition, the treaty definitions havebeen written with the purpose of explaining when objects that normally are civilian objects havebecome military objectives under the circumstances.This manual uses the term military objective to include persons who may be made theobject of attack. 1335.7.1.2 Dual-Use Objects. Sometimes, “dual-use” is used to describe objects thatare used by both the armed forces and the civilian population, such as power stations orcommunications facilities. However, from the legal perspective, such objects are either militaryobjectives or they are not; there is no intermediate legal category. 134 If an object is a military130 Refer to § 5.14.3.3 (Neutralized Zones).131 See, e.g., CCW PROTOCOL III ON INCENDIARY WEAPONS art. 2(4) (referring to “combatants or other militaryobjectives”); 1954 HAGUE CULTURAL PROPERTY CONVENTION art. 8(1) (referring to “any important militaryobjective constituting a vulnerable point”); GC art. 18 (“In view of the dangers to which hospitals may be exposedby being close to military objectives, it is recommended that such [civilian] hospitals be situated as far as possiblefrom such objectives.”).132 See CCW PROTOCOL III ON INCENDIARY WEAPONS art. 1(3) (“‘Military objective’ means, so far as objects areconcerned, any object which … .”); CCW AMENDED MINES PROTOCOL art. 2(6) (“‘Military objective’ means, so faras objects are concerned, any object which … .”). Consider AP I art. 52(2) (“Attacks shall be limited strictly tomilitary objectives. In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which … .”).133 Refer to § 5.7.2 (Persons Who Are Military Objectives).134 Christopher Greenwood, Customary international law and the First Geneva Protocol of 1977 in the Gulf conflict,in PETER ROWE, THE GULF WAR 1990-91 IN INTERNATIONAL AND ENGLISH LAW 63, 73 (1993) (“If an object is amilitary objective, it may be attacked (subject to the requirements of the principle of proportionality which arediscussed in the next section), while if it is a civilian object, it may not be attacked. There is no intermediatecategory of ‘dual use’ objects: either something is a military objective or it is not.”).205