Warfare asymmetric

The operational modes marking bioterrorism are closely related to asymmetric and catastrophic warfare. Asymmetric warfare is a military term to describe warfare in which the two belligerents are mismatched in their total capabilities or accustomed methods of engagement such that the inferior side must press its special advantages or effectively exploit its enemy s particular weaknesses if they are to have any hope of prevailing [102-104]. Thus, asymmetric warfare is a recipe for engaging an opponent who has superior military power at his disposal and where... 

For more on weapons of choice in asymmetric warfare, see Roberts, Bradley. 1998. Biological Weapons in Major Theater War, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va., November, and Roberts, Bradley. 2000. Asymmetric Conflict 2010, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, Va., November. 

The Navy has not effectively defined the chemical warfare (CW) or biological warfare (BW) defense operational requirements for mission success across its full mission space, most especially with the shift from Cold War to asymmetric threat environments. 

Adequate protection against the broad spectrum of toxic industrial chemicals and materials that might be employed in asymmetric warfare is currently lacking. 

Joint Expeditionary Forensics Program, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, Asymmetric Operations Technology Branch (Z11), Dahlgren, VA 22448 - 5160, USA... 

In asymmetric warfare and terrorism, it is sometimes difficult to recognize or identify the enemy. Because terrorists may avail themselves of toxic industrial chemicals and materials that are transported and already stockpiled, a working knowledge of the chemistry of chemical warfare agents is no longer a necessity. 

A wide variety of modes that may serve for operating bioterrorism is described. Essentially aimed at attaining advantage through asymmetric warfare, they may lead, at most, to an impact equaling catastrophic terrorism. They might be limited, inversely, to merely assassination. Hoax acts are visited as well. One-man operational mode can bring about any of the mentioned outcomes. 

Grange D L (2001). Asymmetric warfare. The Officer. Available http //www. findarticles.eom/p/articles/mi m01BY/is 2 77/ai 73326816 continue. 

From Inter-state and Symmetric to Intrastate and Asymmetric Changing Methods of Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict in the 100 Years Since World War One... 

Keywords Law of armed conflict International armed conflict Non-intemational armed conflict Asymmetric warfare Guerrilla warfare Soft law... 

The Predominance of Asymmetric Warfare in the Post-Protocols Era—From the... 

The Predominance of Asymmetric Warfare in the Post-Protocols Era—From the End of the Cold War, to 9/11 and Beyond... 

In the 100 years following the outbreak of World War I, warfare—both in practice, and how that practice is reflected in the law—has evolved from predominantly State-based symmetric events into predominantly non-intemational armed conflicts, fought by non-State actors, often employing unconventional methods and tactics in order to achieve their aims. The prevalence of these kinds of conflicts in the last decades has led to such conflicts being termed asymmetric wars. 

The idea of a revolution in military affairs (RMA) is a central topic in strategic studies in the last quarter century—one that posits that technological advances require a complete rethink of military strategy. For an overview of the concept see further Wilhamson and Knox 2001 Singh 1998. For an assessment of the interaction between RMA and asymmetric warfare, see further Benbow 2009. 

Banks W (2011) Towards an adaptive international humanitarian law. In Banks W (ed) New battlefields, old laws critical debates on asymmetric warfare. Columbia University Press, New York, pp 1-22... 

Benbow T (2009) Irresistible force or immovable object The revolution in military affairs and asymmetric warfare. Defense Secur Anal 25 21-36... 

Benvenisti E (2010) The legal battle to define the law on transnational asymmetric warfare. Duke J Comp Int Law 20 339-359... 

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