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Modern warfare (159 bytes)

Early modern warfare (12692 bytes)
2: '''Early modern warfare''' is associated with the start of the widespread...
4: ...red in the sixteenth century that forever changed warfare, and society in general. Since he wrote in the 1...
7: ...ege]] back to being one of the central aspects of warfare during this era. What this necessitated was the ...
9: ...greater accuracy, heralded the growth of [[modern warfare]].
12: ... as the Medieval cavalry lost its central role in warfare. The cavalry made up of the elite had been fadin...

Chemical warfare (47416 bytes)
2: '''Chemical warfare''' is [[warfare]] (and associated military operations) using the ...
4: ...rfare: their use is instead labelled [[biological warfare]].
8: == Chemical warfare technology ==
10: |+'''Chemical Warfare Technology Timeline'''
79: ...e world for thousands of years, "modern" chemical warfare began during [[World War I]]. Initially, methods ...

Gang warfare (775 bytes)
1: ...the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and commun...

Electronic warfare (1700 bytes)
1: '''Electronic warfare (EW)''' includes, but is not limited to, the foll...
8: * ''[[Electronic warfare support measures]] (ESM)''<br>This is the passive...
13: * [http://www.sci.fi/~fta/storm-01.htm Electronic Warfare in Operation Desert Storm]
16: [[Category:Warfare]]

Class Warfare (553 bytes)
1: '''''Class Warfare''''' is a book of interviews with [[Noam Chomsky]...
12: ''See also: ''[[class warfare]]

Asymmetric warfare (13416 bytes)
1: ...etric warfare''' is a military term to describe [[warfare]] in which the two [[belligerent]]s are mismatche...
24: The tactical success of asymmetric warfare is dependent on at least one of two assumptions:
28: ...of truce or a medical vehicle. Similarly, laws of warfare prohibit combatants from using civilian settlemen...
30: ==The use of terrain in asymmetric warfare==
34: ...ries: urban guerrilla warfare and rural guerrilla warfare. In both cases, guerrillas rely on a friendly pop...

Biological warfare (13632 bytes)
2: '''Biological warfare''', also known as '''germ warfare''', is the use of any [[organism]] ([[bacterium|b...
4: ...pt in the context of [[bioterrorism]], biological warfare is militarily of little use.
6: ...nlike a [[nuclear warfare|nuclear]] or [[chemical warfare|chemical]] attack would not immediately stop an a...
7: ...either allies or to the attacker and a biological warfare attack invites immediate massive retaliation.
11: ... not new, but before the 20th century, biological warfare took three main forms:

Principles of Warfare (4118 bytes)
1: ...stating what actions are allowed and forbidden in warfare, by [[law]], [[ethics]], or [[religion]], and des...
3: ==Prescriptive principles of warfare==
9: ===Modern principles===
16: ...several issues where appropriate the laws of land warfare are ambiguous or obsolescent. Among these are:
22: ==Descriptive principles of warfare==

Operational warfare (1142 bytes)
1: '''Operational warfare''' is, within [[warfare]] and [[military doctrine]], the level of command...
8: ...ce to the Swift: Thoughts on Twenty-First Century Warfare</cite>. Brassey's, 2000.

Conventional warfare (828 bytes)
1: ...ar weapon|nuclear]] weapons. In other words it is warfare without the use of [[weapons of mass destruction]...
3: ... used only a few times. [[nuclear weapon|Nuclear warfare]] has only occurred once with the [[United States...
4: [[Category:Warfare]]

Nuclear warfare (23548 bytes)
59: ...ally mitigate the catastrophic effects of nuclear warfare.
72: ...r threat; the situation could escalate to nuclear warfare very quickly in some scenarios.
97: * [[Biological warfare]]
98: * [[Chemical warfare]]
99: * [[Conventional warfare]]

Medieval warfare (24980 bytes)
2: ... technologies than Europe. In Japan the Medieval warfare period is considrered by many to have stretched i...
4: == Origins of medieval warfare ==
7: ..., which helped to set the character that medieval warfare would maintain for the next several centuries.
9: Warfare centred on small cadres of elite, and very expens...
13: The end of medieval style warfare was also caused by technological and social chang...

Submarine warfare (1449 bytes)
1: ...rface warfare]], [[air warfare]] and '''submarine warfare'''. Each area is comprised of specialized platfo...
3: Modern submarine warfare is comprised primarily of [[submarine]]s and othe...
7: ...ped from boats into the water, would be injured. Modern history provides numerous examples of combatants ...
11: ...nned submersibles that could be used as submarine warfare platforms: submarines.
13: See also: [[Unrestricted submarine warfare]]

Warfare incorporated (1111 bytes)
1: '''Warfare Incorporated''' is an [[RTS]] game based for [[Pa...

Underwater warfare (688 bytes)
1: '''Underwater warfare''' refers to [[combat]] conducted [[underwater]] ...
2: ...es]] actions and [[anti-submarine warfare]], i.e. warfare between [[submarines]], other submarines and [[su...
7: *[[Modern Naval tactics]]
12: [[Category:Naval warfare]]

Spiritual warfare (1961 bytes)
1: ...c realms in positive or negative ways. Spiritual warfare is a prominent feature in [[pentecostal]] and [[c...
3: The concept of spiritual warfare is based on the understanding that [[Satan]] and ...
5: The Scriptural basis of spritual warfare is found in Christ's commissioning of the discipl...
7: A popular modern portrayal of spiritual warfare is [[Frank Peretti]]'s book ''[[This Present Dark...
9: ...nce ministry entitled ''The Handbook of Spiritual Warfare''. From the Catholic perspective, Father [[Gabri...

Ancient warfare (24994 bytes)
2: '''Ancient warfare''' is [[war]] as conducted from the beginnings of...
6: ...t of first city-states, and then empires, allowed warfare to change dramatically. Beginning in [[Mesopotam...
8: ...bows and spears. This loosely organized infantry warfare continued for many centuries in areas that lacked...
16: Although chariots have been compared to modern-day [[tanks]] in the role they played on the batt...
28: ...e thus far more effective at using the animals in warfare. For many centuries, the states in [[Europe]], t...

Aerial warfare (8032 bytes)
2: ... observation balloons in the 18th century, aerial warfare has become a [[Technology|high-technology]] affai...
4: ==Balloon warfare==
6: ...itary aviation did not play a significant part in warfare until [[World War I]].
71: [[Category:Aerial warfare]]

Space warfare (1450 bytes)
1: Space warfare is when combat takes place in outer space. For t...
5: The history of space warfare goes back to the 1960s when the [[Soviet Union]] ...
9: Space warfare strongly influenced the final design of the US [[...
14: Space warfare of the future may eventually involve humans fight...

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