LEGITIMASI PENGGUNAAN CRUISE MISSILE SEBAGAI INTERSTATE WEAPON DALAM PERANG UDARA

Abstract

Cruise missile proliferation on air warfare allows states party of armed conflict to launch its weapon from outside the conflict zone over the territory of non adversary state. On the other hand, as a form of armaments development, cruise missile is still demanded because of its efficiency. Therefore the use legitimacy of cruise missile as interstate weapon in air warfare is a mechanism to ensure adversary parties to act under international humanitarian law for the use of cruise missiles. This research contains two main substances, first that legitimacy is necessary because although the lack of rules on air warfare today,  humanitarian law still obliges warring ordinances to be enforced impartially. Second, the use of the principle of military necessity, humanity, and chivalry answer the needs of a country to use cruise missile as a modern weapon and on the other hand to ensure minimizing the casualties.