Military doctrines

land warfare involving static fortification of lines

unrestricted warfare in which belligerents engage with all available resources and/or civilians and civil infrastructure are considered legitimate targets

type of war, warfare and a theory of military strategy

doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender

war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly

expression of how military forces contribute to campaigns, major operations, battles, and engagements

military attacks by air aimed at destroying a country's ability to make war and will to fight

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level of control of the air in warfare, role or mission of obtaining this level

war between two states in open confrontation

American strategy until the end of the Cold War

WW2-era anti-convoy tactic employed by the German Kriegsmarine submarines

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A reprisal is a limited and deliberate violation of international law to punish another sovereign state that has already broken them. Since the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions (AP 1), reprisals in the laws of war are extremely limited, as they commonly breach the rights of non-combatants.

Lethality (also called deadliness or perniciousness) is how capable something is of causing death. Most often it is used when referring to diseases, chemical weapons, biological weapons, or their toxic chemical components. The use of this term denotes the ability of these weapons to kill, but also the possibility that they may not kill. Reasons for the lethality of a weapon to be inconsistent, or expressed by percentage, can be as varied as minimized exposure to the weapon, previous exposure to the weapon minimizing susceptibility, degradation of the weapon over time and/or distance, and incor

Military Doctrine

military strategy where a defender delays and spreads out an attacker's advance

pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force

Military strategy developed from the 1920's and 30's Soviet Union

arrangement or deployment of moving military forces

military strategy of asymmetric warfare involving the destruction of civilian infrastructure to deny its use by combatants

military tactic

maritime force capable of operating globally, essentially across the deep waters of open oceans

units, personnel, and resources not initially committed to battle and available to a commander

complete control of naval warfare

military term

a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port

categorization of conflict

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analysis of normative behavior and trends in military affairs and military history

aerial attack by crashing a plane into another one

group tasked with providing security feedback to an organization by playing the role of an enemy or opponent

peaceful use of defence resources in foreign policy

French naval strategy

form of military tactics

policy by a nuclear power not to use nuclear weapons unless first attacked by an adversary using nuclear weapons

1990s US military doctrine named for Gen. Colin Powell

idea that military power can help preserve peace

thumb|right|The Naval ram|ram of Olympias, a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian [[trireme.]] In warfare, ramming is a technique used in air, sea, and land combat. The term originated from the battering ram, a siege engine used to bring down fortifications by hitting it with the force of the ram's momentum, and ultimately from male sheep. Thus, in warfare, ramming refers to hitting a target by running oneself into the target.

principle that civilian political leadership exercises ultimate authority over decisions of military strategy

Military doctrine focusing on using more force in retaliation to an attack

Chinese naval strategy

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Debriefing is a report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained. It is a structured process following an exercise or event that reviews the actions taken. As a technical term, it implies a specific and active intervention process that has developed with more formal meanings such as operational debriefing. It is classified into different types, which include military, experiential, and psychological debriefing, among others.

warfare in which one or more combatants are irregular military rather than regular forces

Domicide (from Latin domus, meaning home or abode, and caedo, meaning deliberate killing, though used here metaphorically) is the deliberate destruction of housing by humans in pursuit of specified goals. It includes the widespread destruction of a living environment, forcing the incumbent humans to move elsewhere.

theory in the history of war

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lasting state of war with no clear ending conditions

effect of total control in a battlespace

interwar US Army plan for war with the Empire of Japan

practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing the information they gather

nuclear strategy in which a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of incoming nuclear missiles

battle strategy

Turkish sea doctrine

first chain of major archipelagos out from the East Asian continental mainland coast

Soviet military formation

heavy bomber formation used by the USAAF in WW2 to concentrate offensive and defensive firepower

, literally meaning "concept of annihilation" in German and generally taken to mean "the concept of fast annihilation of enemy forces", is a tactical doctrine dating back to Frederick the Great. It emphasizes rapid, fluid movement to unbalance an enemy, allowing the attacker to impose its will upon the defender and to avoid stalemate. It relies on uncommonly rigorous training and discipline and thoroughly-professional leadership. Much of can be seen in Carl von Clausewitz's classic treatise Vom Kriege ("On War").

Rules and guidelines of military operations