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# Article 115. Communicating threats

A. Communicating threats generally. Any person subject to this Code who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

B. Communicating threat to use explosive, etc. Any person subject to this Code who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person or property of another by use of an explosive; a weapon of mass destruction; a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon; or a hazardous material shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

C.(1) Communicating false threat concerning use of explosive, etc. Any person subject to this Code who maliciously communicates a false threat concerning injury to the person or property of another by use of an explosive; a weapon of mass destruction; a biological or chemical agent, substance, or weapon; or a hazardous material shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(2) As used in this Article, the term "false threat" means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.