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    (a)    A person subject to this title who wrongfully communicates a threat to injure the person, property, or reputation of another shall be punished as a court–martial may direct.

    (b)    A person subject to this title 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)    In this subsection, “false threat” means a threat that, at the time the threat is communicated, is known to be false by the person communicating the threat.

        (2)    A person subject to this title 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.