unconventional warfare

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unconventional warfare [¦ən·kən′ven·chən·əl ′wȯr‚fer]

(ordnance)

A type of warfare that includes the interrelated fields of guerrilla warfare, evasion and escape, and subversion, in which operations are conducted within enemy or enemy-controlled territory by predominantly indigenous personnel, usually supported and directed in varying degrees by an external source.

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No references found			By Jeff Gates In October 2007, Defense Secretary Robert Gates coined a generic term to describe the most challenging combatants when waging unconventional warfare. Israel's Fifth Column: The People in Between by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) In unconventional warfare, collateral damage is unacceptable," Dyson said. Old hickory guardsmen fire new artillery round in Iraq by Jordan, Robert / Fires special operations forces two years ago in order to boost military capabilities in unconventional warfare. Special ops command: no new equipment needed by Erwin, Sandra I. / National Defense			Uncompahgre Uncompahgre Peak uncompetitive enzyme inhibition uncompression unconcentrated wash unconditional unconditional branch unconditional convergence unconditional inequality unconditional jump unconditional transfer Unconditioned Reflexes unconfined explosion unconformable Unconformity unconformity iceberg unconscious Unconscious, The unconsolidated backfill unconsolidated material unconstitutional unconstrained optimization problem uncontrolled fragments uncontrolled mosaic Uncontrolled Photomosaic unconventional warfare uncore uncorrecting uncorrelated random variables uncountable uncountable set uncouple uncoupling phenomena uncoursed unction unctuarium unctuous uncurrying Uncyclopedia undamped wave unde undé undecagon undecahedron undecanal undecane undecanoic acid undecomino undecyl undecylenic acid undecylenic alcohol			uncontroversial uncontroversially uncontroversially Uncontroversory uncontroverted Uncontrovertible Uncontrovertibly Unconvenient unconventional unconventional unconventional assisted recovery unconventional assisted recovery unconventional assisted recovery coordination center unconventional assisted recovery coordination center unconventional assisted recovery mechanism unconventional assisted recovery mechanism Unconventional Charge Density Wave Unconventional computing Unconventional Conflict & Intelligence Management System Unconventional Couple Unconventional Innovations Program Unconventional military Unconventional military Unconventional Military Forces Unconventional Military Operations Unconventional Nuclear Warfare Defense unconventional recovery operation Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee Unconventional Stellar Aspect unconventional virus unconventional warfare Unconventional Warfare Area of Operations unconventional warfare forces unconventional warfare operating area Unconventional Warfare Task Force Unconventional weapon Unconventional weapon Unconventional weapon Unconventional weapon Unconventional weapons Unconventional weapons Unconventional weapons Unconventional weapons Unconventional Weapons of Mass Destruction unconventionality unconventionality unconventionally unconventionally unconversable unconversant unconversant Unconversion unconverted unconverted unconvertible unconveyed unconvinced unconvinced unconvincing unconvincing unconvincingly

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