Scorched earth

: This article is about the military strategy. See Scorched Earth (computer game) for the computer game.

Future usage and modern alternatives

It remains to be seen whether nuclear, biological, and/or chemical weapons will be used as scorched earth weapons. Using land mines or semiautonomous artillery units (such as the Metal Storm systems) to create denied areas may be an alternative to scorched earth tactics in some cases, and modern solutions of these types may offer friend-or-foe selectivity. Contamination of the area by radiation by using for example a cobalt bomb (a nuclear weapon serving as a dirty bomb) was proposed as well.

Related Topics:
Nuclear - Biological - Chemical weapons - Land mine - Artillery - Metal Storm - Denied area - Friend-or-foe - Radiation - Cobalt bomb - Dirty bomb

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