Category
page 1Aerial bombing
strategic bombing
military attacks by air aimed at destroying a country's ability to make war and will to fight
aerial bomb
explosive weapon carried by aircraft for dropping on ground targets
carpet bombing
aerial bombing done on a massive scale to damage every part of a selected area
drone warfare
form of warfare that involves the deployment of military robots and unmanned systems
tactical bombing
military operation in which ground targets of immediate military value are bombed by aircraft
airburst
Detonation of an explosive above a target for increased pressure wave damage
armed helicopter
helicopter designed to carry and employ weaponry
Toss bombing
bombing technique
firebombing
thumb|An American aircraft drops napalm on [[Viet Cong positions in 1965.]]
thumb|right|A Nazi Germany|German [[World War II incendiary bomb remnant]]
area bombardment
type of aerial bombardment that targeted indiscriminately at a large area
indiscriminate attack
military attack that fails to distinguish between legitimate military targets and protected persons
Area bombing directive
A directive from the wartime British Air Ministry to the Royal Air Force which ordered RAF bombers to attack the German industrial workforce and the morale of the German populace through bombing German cities and their civilian inhabitants.
Auschwitz bombing debate
Strategic debate during World War II