Posted on 07/24/2006 11:15:25 PM PDT by John Carey
Assymetric Warfare: Strategic Situation
“We are living in a new strategic environment that we do not yet fully understand…. Some of our adversaries are undeniably at work developing ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. This ushers in an entirely new age of threat, terrorism, intelligence and defense.”
Now Israel may be facing a new situation: “terrorist” groups (Hezbollah and Hamas) armed with surprisingly capable missiles and rockets.....
All over the world, terrorist have or seek more sophisticated weapons and delivery systems including nuclear, chemical and biological weapons: the so called “weapons of mass destruction” or WMDs.
.... all over the world those that seek a new voice in the future of the world are not just taking to the streets: they are taking to bomb making. They are learning how to use cell phones to detonate improvised explosive devices (IED) on commuter trains and in other public places. And what next? Chemical weapons planted by a “terrorist” group in a nation’s sports stadium? An unannounced nuclear blast in a populated area? Perhaps.Maybe the term “asymmetric warfare” is now deregure; but it is real. Ask the Israelis. Ask the U.S. and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. And ask the Chinese.China made the anti-ship cruise missile, the C-802, that slammed into an Israeli warship this past week in the Mediterranean Sea.
....this is “asymmetric warfare.”
With Hezbollah rockets crashing into Israeli cities, Brig. Gen. Ido Nehushtan, a member of Israel's general staff said, "This is asymmetric war in its purest form. And the outcome of the conflict will project a lot about terror activity not only throughout the Middle East but the rest of the world."
http://peace-and-freedom.blogspot.com/
(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...
Not to worry. The supreme court just protected the rights of the gitmo prisoners. So all's well.
This WMD chart will help you sleep well tonight.
http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/other/sjm_cht.htm
Bump.
You mean a war of measuring butts? ASSymetric? Or did they mean Asymmetric?
English is a second language in the news media these days. And honesty is a foreign concept.
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