| The history of the world is defined by the battles | | | | vital for the success in any battle by giving more |
| led by mankind. People fight in order to protect | | | | attack and operational options. |
| their resources or to conquer the ones of other | | | | Nuclear warfare is another type that should be |
| nations. Generally, the concept of total war is | | | | noted. Most nations today realize the high |
| used to describe the military conflicts between | | | | destructive power of such weapons. Constant |
| entire states up until the Second World War. The | | | | efforts are being made for their use to be as |
| term modern warfare refers to military methods | | | | limited as possible. |
| as well as tactics and technologies used after this | | | | Asymmetric warfare refers to strategies based |
| war. There are many and different types of | | | | on the use of the strengths and weakness of the |
| fighting concepts used in the today's world. | | | | enemy. Often the tactics are outside of the |
| Ground or land warfare has been losing its | | | | conventional and include terrorist ones. It is worth |
| importance in parallel with the development of | | | | pointing out that this type of combat does not |
| technologies. The use of armor fighting vehicles | | | | have much in common with guerilla fighting. |
| and artillery weapons allows for more effective | | | | However, it is closely related to fourth generation |
| and more destructive strategies. At the same | | | | warfare which involves the use of unconventional |
| time these innovations allow for the reduction of | | | | tactics adopted by all sorts of groups including |
| casualties to the very minimum. | | | | civilians in all sorts of situations including peaceful |
| Naval modern warfare is extremely diverse and | | | | ones. |
| well developed. The action usually takes place in | | | | Other notable types of modern warfare include |
| deep waters as further away from coastal | | | | chemical and biological one. It is worth pointing out |
| territories as possible. Apart from the submarines | | | | that special psychological and propaganda |
| and the destroyers the aircraft carriers are also | | | | strategies are also heavily used. |