land warfare
Hostilities conducted on the ground, as opposed to at sea or in the air.
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warfare
warfare. 1. The act of engaging in war or military conflict. See WAR. [Cases: War and National Emergency 9. C.J.S. War and National Defense § 4.] 2. Loosely, the act of engaging in any type of conflict. biological warfare. The use of biological or infectious agents in war, usu. by delivering them via airplanes or
science and technology directorate
Science and Technology Directorate. The division of the Department of Homeland Security responsible for coordinating research and development, including preparing for and responding to terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction. • The Directorate also works with the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures Program and the Environmental Measurements Lab in the Department of Energy,
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military necessity
military necessity. Int’l law. A principle of warfare allowing coercive force to achieve a desired end, as long as the force used is not more than is called for by the situation. • This principle dates from the Hague Convention on Laws and Customs of War on Land of October 18, 1907, which prohibits the
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