Sqn. Ldr. Kieran Tinkler

Squadron Leader Tinkler is a Legal Officer with the Royal Air Force and currently Associate Director for the Law of Coalition Air and Space Warfare at the Stockton Center for International Law, U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

The author is a serving member of the Royal Air Force Legal Branch. The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not those of the RAF, the UK Ministry of Defence or the UK Government.

Articles by this author:

: An F-16CJ from the 78th Fighter Squadron, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina flies over the Eglin Land Range as the pilot releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) during a test mission February 25, 2003.

Avoiding Collateral Damage on the Battlefield

Feb. 11, 2021 Lt. Col. John Cherry, Sqn. Ldr. Kieran Tinkler and 1 more

Japan's H-IIA rocket carrying the Kirameki-2 satellite is launched from Tanegashima Space Centre in southern Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture, on January 24, 2017.

War in Space: How International Humanitarian Law Might Apply

Mar. 9, 2020 Michael Schmitt and Sqn. Ldr. Kieran Tinkler

Yemeni fighters loyal to the country's exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi ride a tank past a destroyed building during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels in the country's third-city of Taez on May 30, 2019.

The UN Yemen Report and Siege Warfare

Sep. 12, 2019 Michael Schmitt, Sqn. Ldr. Kieran Tinkler and 1 more

Rogue Satellites Launched Into Outer Space: Legal and Policy Implications

Jun. 7, 2018 Sqn. Ldr. Kieran Tinkler