Kinetic Warfare
Traditional military conflict has been fought using weapons like bombs, tanks, and guns. Warfare between nations has involved military forces that invaded enemy territory or that fought the opposing country’s army, navy, or other forces. At times, civilians were involved either because they were caught in the combat area, due to their role in a militia or resistance, or because warfare had grown to involve every possible target.
As new forms of warfare have evolved that do not require the same type of direct, visible force, a new terminology has arisen. It describes the traditional type of military conflict as kinetic warfare. High-technology cyberwarfare is called nonkinetic warfare.
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