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10/29   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_%281899_and_1907%29
        Look at all the sections and declarations. I guess atomic bomb
        is totally legal because they're not covered in the chemical and
        biological warfare sections. As for launching explosives from the
        air, I guess that is perfectly legal too since they're not launched
        from balloons.
        \_ If you're really interested in the Hague and the circumstances
           surrounding it, I recommend "The Proud Tower" by Barbara Tuchman
           which has a large chapter on both conferences.  Basically, none
           of the participants were truly interested in the outcome, and
           the conference was originally called as a ploy by the Russian
           foreign minister.
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biological warfare in its single section, entitled Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. Avalon Project at Yale Law School on The Laws of War -- Contains the full texts of both the 1899 and 1907 conventions, among other treaties. List of signatory powers * Hudson, Manley O (January 1931). "Present Status of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907".