asymmetric warfare
noun[U]
militaryspecializeduk/eɪ.sɪˌmet.rɪk ˈwɔː.feər/us/eɪ.sɪˌmet.rɪk ˈwɔːr.fer/(alsoasymmetrical warfare);(alsoasymmetric war,asymmetrical war[CorU])warbetweenforcesthat are very different insizeand in theweaponsandabilitiesthat they have,especiallywarbetween alargeconventional(=traditional)armyand asmallergroupthat has to useunusualmethods:
Asymmetricwarfarehasrevealedthe limitations oflarge,immobilearmies.
This was a neweraofasymmetricwaragainstterrorism.
It can be verydifficulttofightanasymmetricwar.
- Hedeclaredthebombing"anactofasymmetricwarfare."
- The mostvaluableweaponin thissortofasymmetricalwarfareisintelligence.
- Nationalarmiesmustevolvetocounterthethreatsofterrorismandasymmetricwarfare.
- It wasexpectedthat there would be aperiodofasymmetricwar, withsuicidebombingsandsurpriseattacks.
- Thecountryrisksbeingdrawninto anasymmetricwarit cannotwin.
- We arefightinganasymmetricalwaragainstterrorists.
War
- antebellum
- anti-militarism
- battle-scarred
- bellicose
- bellicosity
- conflagration
- Geneva Convention
- germ warfare
- gung-ho
- holy war
- scorched-earth policy
- SDI
- sinew
- sinews of waridiom
- smokescreen
- the Great War
- the Second World War
- world war
- World War I
- World War II