Military terminology

nation that has great political, military and economic influence

Superpower describes a sovereign state or supranational union that holds a dominant position characterized by the ability to exert influence and project power on a global scale. This is done through the combined means of economic, military, technological, political, and cultural strength as well as diplomatic and soft power influence. Traditionally, superpowers are preeminent among the great powers. While a great power state is capable of exerting its influence globally, superpowers are states so influential that no significant action can be taken by the global community without first consider

thumb|upright=1.5|Tanks and [[mechanised infantry of the 24th Panzer Division advancing through Ukraine, June 1942, typifying fast-moving combined arms forces of classic blitzkrieg]]

military casualty classification used for deaths of personnel, includes accidents and illness

victory at an unsustainable cost

thumb|upright=1.2|Legion of Frontiersmen, Edmonton Command, 1915 – a nationalist paramilitary group not officially affiliated with the [[Canadian Army]]

military strategy

competition between two or more parties to have more superior armed forces

area in which agreements between military powers forbid military activities

airborne system of surveillance radar plus command and control functions

selective restriction of access to a place or other resource, allowing only authorized users

port and military base for naval ships and other assets

In military strategy, a bridgehead (or bridge-head) is the strategically important area of ground around the end of a bridge or other place of possible crossing over a body of water which at time of conflict is sought to be defended or taken over by the belligerent forces.

attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones

military exercise of authority by a commanding officer over assigned forces

The vanguard (sometimes abbreviated to van and also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation. It has a number of functions, including seeking out the enemy and securing ground in advance of the main force.

military classification used for military persons wounded by enemy action

thumb|Closing the Falaise pocket|Falaise-Argentan Pocket and the Mortain counterattack 6–17 August 1944 thumb|Map of the Battle of Cambrai (1917)|Battle of Cambrai – German counter-offensive A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games". The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific objectives typically seek to regain lost ground or destroy the attacking enemy (this may take the form of an opposing sports team or military units).

term used by the Allied forces to refer to Japanese human wave attacks

an intuitive measure of a weapon system's precision

uncertainty experienced in military operations

person who is wounded, incapacitated, or killed in an event

type of state

yell or chant taken up in battle

thumb|Diagram of the encirclement of ISIL|ISIS forces in the [[Second Battle of Tikrit (2015). The blue arrows indicate allied attacks, while the red line is the line of encirclement as of 9 March 2015.]] thumb|Encirclement of Stalingrad thumb|350px|An encirclement during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)

conflict including violence where at least one of the acting groups is a state

debt security issued by a government to finance military operations and other expenditure in times of war

strategy for evasion of accountability by preventing proof of responsibility

military casualty classification used for military persons missing during active service due to apparently involuntary reasons

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

set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out routine operations

military officer of certain seniority

rapid incursion into enemy territory in order to attack

military tactic

status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information or to restricted areas

a unit that is assigned to a different purpose than the parent unit

type of military counterinsurgency strategy, killing all enemies then quickly retreating

fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission

flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform

military operation in which ground targets of immediate military value are bombed by aircraft

mass conscript armies, especially that of Revolutionary France

battlefield front breakthrough progressing into enemy territory

plan in case something unexpected occurs, which is often used for risk management

country speculated to be or have the potential to become a superpower

thumb|A Soviet Lavochkin La-7 fighter aircraft that crash-landed in [[Sweden after being flown there by a defecting pilot, May 1949]]

senior officers, between the junior officer and general ladder

late medieval army of mercenaries acting independently of any government

military rank group

procuring, producing, and delivering military supplies and equipment

naval tactic in gun battle

military flying mission conducted by fighter aircraft to deny enemy aircraft use of a specified airspace

precise military attack

military battlefield-tactic employed to defeat the enemy's indirect fire elements

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military tactic

Battlespace or battle-space is a term used to signify a military theatre of operations, in which multiple domains are contested at the same time. Domains where military competition take place include the air, land, sea, outer space, cyberspace and the information environment. The battlespace concept integrates the environment (to include weather and terrain), timeframe and other factors that must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete the mission. Other relevant factors include enemy and friendly armed forces, the civilian population, infrastructure, s

thumb|310px|A Venetian sortie during the Siege of Candia (1668)

movement of armed forces and their logistical support infrastructure around the world

trajectory of a projectile

academic discipline studying terms and language of military organizations and personnel