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

military goals
or only see limited deployment in support of conventional
maneuvers

* 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
attempt to achieve military victory
Types of clandestine support
warfare for one side of an existing conflict

* Guerilla warfare
* Psychological warfare
* Biological warfare
* Mine warfare a type of static terrain denial warfare
unconventional Airborne warfare
* Air warfare that includes
warfare Airmobile warfare
* Sub-aquatic warfare
Types
* Space warfare
Radio
warfare
* Electronic warfare including Radar
Network
* Cyber warfare
* Directed-energy warfare
* Nuclear warfare

belong to the same nation or political entity

war where the forces in conflict
Civil war are vying for control of that nation or political entity

between two populations

conflict military capability
of drastically different levels of
size
Asymmetric
often result in guerrilla tactics
warfare
Asymmetric conflicts technology
used to overcome the sometimes vast gaps in
force size

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