Comment by mahboi
5 days ago
Is there some other purpose of a double tap besides killing first responders? Maybe to hit underground targets, or the second hit was unintentional?
5 days ago
Is there some other purpose of a double tap besides killing first responders? Maybe to hit underground targets, or the second hit was unintentional?
reverse question: Why does everyone assume that only one missile is justified per target? I think this line of reasoning came out of the "double tap" strikes used in Gaza where a five to 30m wait allowed a crowd to gather.
What was the time between hits in this case?
The first strike heavily damaged the building. Teachers and surviving students rushed to a prayer hall for protection but about 40 minutes after the first strike, a US airstrike hit again and killed all survivors.
A double-tap strike is often legal basis for war crimes already as the primary purpose is to hit first responders and avoid any survivors being saved.
Because the first missile kills the intended targets. So the second one is implied to be for whoever comes to pick up the bodies.
That is the colloquial definition of a double tap.
That is not automatically the case whenever two missiles strike a target.
The "follow up" hit requires a delay. The delay is not accidental - you want to give time for a crowd to gather.
All targets in the area received >= 1 missile, and all somewhat close together, from the NYT analysis.
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Does the first missile kill the targets? Do the launchers know, for sure, before they launch the second?
Or are they launching two for redundancy, like often happens in military situations? Planes and missiles can break down or get shot down. If you want the target destroyed, you send more than one.
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It's not missiles. US' own investigations show it was hit by aircraft
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There should be zero bombs falling on schools.