18 Facts About Modern warfare

Some argue that the changing forms of third generation Modern warfare represents nothing more than an evolution of earlier technology.

Aerial Modern warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in Modern warfare.

Aerial Modern warfare includes bombers attacking enemy concentrations or strategic targets; fighter aircraft battling for control of airspace; attack aircraft engaging in close air support against ground targets; naval aviation flying against sea and nearby land targets; gliders, helicopters and other aircraft to carry airborne forces such as paratroopers; aerial refueling tankers to extend operation time or range; and military transport aircraft to move cargo and personnel.

Biological Modern warfare, known as germ Modern warfare, is the use of any organism or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war.

Biological Modern warfare involves the intentional release of living pathogens either in their naturally occurring form, for example the diseased corpses of animals, or in the form of specific human-modified organisms.

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Chemical Modern warfare is Modern warfare using the toxic properties of chemical substances to incapacitate or kill enemy combatants.

Electronic Modern warfare refers to mainly non-violent practices used chiefly to support other areas of Modern warfare.

Fourth generation warfare is a concept defined by William S Lind and expanded by Thomas X Hammes, used to describe the decentralized nature of modern warfare.

Fourth generation Modern warfare usually has the insurgency group or non-state side trying to implement their own government or reestablish an old government over the one currently running the territory.

Ground Modern warfare involves three types of combat units: infantry, armor, and artillery.

Guerrilla Modern warfare is defined as fighting by groups of irregular troops within areas occupied by the enemy.

Guerrilla warfare has played a significant role in modern history, especially when waged by Communist liberation movements in Southeast Asia and elsewhere.

Psychological Modern warfare had its beginnings during the campaigns of Genghis Khan through the allowance of certain civilians of the nations, cities, and villages to flee said place, spreading terror and fear to neighboring principalities.

Some examples of this type of Modern warfare are electronic "sniffers" which disrupt international fund-transfer networks as well as the signals of television and radio stations.

Irregular Modern warfare makes this sort of combat more likely in the future.

Network-centric Modern warfare is essentially a new military doctrine made possible by the Information Age.

New generation Modern warfare is a Russian military theory of unconventional Modern warfare based on the Gerasimov doctrine which prioritizes the psychological and people-centered aspects over traditional military concerns, and emphasizes a phased approach of non-military influence such that armed conflict, if it arises, is much less costly in human or economic terms.

Space Modern warfare is the hypothetical Modern warfare that occurs outside the Earth's atmosphere.