Unconventional warfare

Unconventional warfare is a broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations, normally of long duration, predominantly conducted by indigenous or surrogate forces who are organized, trained, equipped, supported, and directed in varying degrees by an external source. It includes guerrilla warfare and other direct offensive, low visibility, covert, or clandestine operations, as well as the indirect activities of subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities, and evasion and escape. Also called UW. Unconventional warfare is one of the nine core missions of U.S. Army Special Forces. UW is a distinct form of warfare often confused by the uneducated as a form of terrorism or that the application of an unconventional tactics, techinques, procedures (or even a new technology such as the airplane during WWI) as a form of unconventional warfare.

Related Topics:
Covert - Clandestine - Subversion - Sabotage - Special Forces

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See also: asymmetric warfare, low-intensity operations, terrorism, special forces, gladio, conventional warfare

Related Topics:
Asymmetric warfare - Low-intensity operations - Terrorism - Special forces - Gladio - Conventional warfare

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