Oscar Mike to the glossary. Copy that.
The military capability to match or exceed an opponent's use of force at every level, from conventional warfare up to nuclear. It's strategic superiority at all degrees.
In the manner of radiotelegraphy; referring to communication using radio waves to transmit telegraph signals (Morse code or similar encoded messages) without physical wiring.
Analyzing international relations through the lens of military capability and territorial interest. It's politics with guns, or is it guns with politics?
The ability of different military systems, weapons, and units from different nations (or sometimes even services) to work together without crashing into each other.
A firearm technique where you let the recoil of each shot naturally guide your gun to the next target, creating a sweeping pattern of fire. Tactically questionable and cinematically awesome, but definitely not recommended outside action movies.
The direction and distance from one point to another, expressed in compass degrees and distance, which is how soldiers navigate without GPS. A compass direction measured in degrees for navigation purposes.
A reinforced, often underground facility designed to survive attacks and house military leadership during conflicts. It's basically a really expensive bunker for generals.
Military terminology for 'we're retreating,' but it sounds much more strategic when you call it a tactical withdrawal. The military's most optimistic way to describe running away.
Nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological weapons designed to kill hundreds of thousands of people indiscriminately. The military's way of saying 'really bad weapons we've banned but some people might still have.'
Using unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver missiles at targets, combining the distance of aerospace with the precision of modern targeting systems. It's what air strikes look like in the 2000s.
The process of evaluating whether something is likely to kill you before you kill it. Critical military thinking, though the results are frequently wrong.
Destroying important infrastructure instead of just killing soldiers. It's genocide with better intentions.
Temporarily halting military operations to regroup, resupply, or avoid making things worse—the military's version of calling timeout.
When a military operation gradually expands beyond its original objectives because someone keeps finding new things to do.
A concise summary of current military situation—basically a status update, but significantly more likely to involve explosions.
A counterinsurgency strategy of winning over civilian populations through benevolence rather than bullets—theoretically sound, historically difficult.
Removing classified information from documents before public release—essentially redacting classified stuff so aggressively that nothing interesting remains.
Extracting military personnel or assets from a hostile area—the military's version of a strategic retreat, but with less shame.
A unit so damaged, depleted, or exhausted that it can no longer perform its mission—basically 'we're done until someone fixes this.'
Digging in so deep that the enemy has to physically remove you, both literally and figuratively. A defensive position that's fortified and reinforced for long-term resistance.
An arrangement of soldiers in close formation with overlapping shields, or more modernly, a ship-based defensive system that's basically automated paranoia. Originally ancient Greek military formation.
A nuclear weapon designed for battlefield use with smaller yield than strategic nuclear weapons. It's supposed to be 'limited' in scope, which is a horrifying concept when applied to weapons of mass destruction.
When trained local forces (green) turn their weapons on allied forces (blue)—the military's worst trust exercise.
Guidelines for when to stop fighting or retreat from a position—basically permission to live to fight another day.