conventional warfare

English

Noun

conventional warfare (uncountable)

1. The waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.
2. The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies.

Quotations

• 1965 October 8, “Strongest & Longest”, in Time:

  For McNamara's buildup, which has given the armed forces the capacity to respond flexibly to guerrilla and conventional warfare as well as to nuclear attack, the defense budget this year will be $7.5 billion higher than the last Eisenhower defense budget in 1960.

Antonyms

• guerrilla warfare

Related terms

• conventional weapon

Translations

waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常規戰爭／常规战争 (chángguī zhànzhēng)

• Finnish: tavanomainen sodankäynti, konventionaalinen sodankäynti
• French: guerre conventionnelle f
• German: konventionelle Kriegsführung f
• Romanian: război convențional n

waging of war in set military battles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常規戰爭／常规战争 (chángguī zhànzhēng)

• Finnish: tavanomainen sodankäynti, konventionaalinen sodankäynti
• French: guerre classique f, guerre conventionnelle f
• German: konventionelle Kriegsführung f
• Romanian: război convențional n