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Conventional warfare

is an attempt to reduce an opponent's military capability through open battle. It is a declared war between existing states in which Profile nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons are not used or only see limited deployment in support of conventional * Defensive warfare * Offensive warfare * Jungle warfare * Border warfare * Urban warfare * Desert warfare Types * Maneuver warfare * Trench warfare * Mountain warfare sometimes called Alpine warfare * Arctic warfare or Winter warfare in general Littoral * Naval warfare that can be Amphibious Riverine Profile acquiescence through capitulation clandestine support for one side of an existing conflict * Guerilla warfare * Psychological warfare * Biological warfare * Mine warfare a type of static terrain denial warfare military goals maneuvers

Types of warfare

attempt to achieve military victory

unconventional warfare
Types

* Air warfare that includes * Sub-aquatic warfare * Space warfare

Airborne warfare Airmobile warfare

Radio * Electronic warfare including Radar Network * Cyber warfare * Directed-energy warfare * Nuclear warfare belong to the same nation or political entity are vying for control of that nation or political entity warfare

war where the forces in conflict

Civil war

between two populations conflict of drastically different levels of military capability size

Asymmetric warfare
Asymmetric conflicts

often result in guerrilla tactics used to overcome the sometimes vast gaps in technology force size

Types of warfare.mmap - 04/06/2009 - Carlos Mondragn

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