New revolution of warfare?

The U.S. milityary uses the Asymetric Warfare for a new form of warfare.  In this for of warfare, a weaker opponent attempts to defeat a stronger opponent by a variant of "shock and awe".

Edited by Cryptic - 30-May-2007 at 21:55

@Pekau

@Cryptic

In Asymmetric warfare the idea is to 'exhaust' your opponents options, rather than achieve a battlefield victory. This is where a weaker opponent hopes to 'convince' a stronger opponent to 'come to terms'.

Originally posted by malizai_ Didn't 'shock and awe' begin with the Mongols?

Though not Pekau, I'll just say that the tactic goes way back into the Roman Era...

A military revolution should be the nuclear weapons. Its the ultimate form of war. Never in the history of mankind and military history could a power, long away from the target, launch a weapon that destroys whole cities inhabited my millions of people, and even whole countries. A nuclear weapon on a nations capital could end a whole war, without any man losses on the other side. This would be  the ultimate form of war, when the opponents are litterally capable of destroying eachother, and not like the battles weve seen till now who are have been limited. But the question is if this erally could be a revolution, though its not used and cant be used due to thei nternational condemns.  But this cant stop nuclear wars in the future, not at allt. Even now this nuclear cold war has rised up again due to US anti-missile systems which are about to be placed in poland and czech republic. Personally, I dont see nuclear weapons as a military revolution, I see it as the self-destruction of mankind. 

Definaty nuclear war. An ICBM is probably the most davestating weapon in the history of man. It can be launhed in the comfort of ones own home and destroy nations sevral thousand miles away. If it is ever used it will be against a nation that dose not posess them.