conventional warfare en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.
For McNamara's buildup, which has given the armed forces the capacity to respond flexibly to guerrilla and conventional warfare as well as to nuclear attack, the defense budget this year will be $7.5 billion higher than the last Eisenhower defense budget in 1960.
1965 October 8, “Strongest & Longest”, in Time:
- (uncountable) The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies.
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fr guerre conventionnelle (waging of war in set military battles) · de konventionelle Kriegsführung (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · cmn 常規戰爭 /常规战争 (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · fr guerre conventionnelle (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · fi konventionaalinen sodankäynti (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · fi konventionaalinen sodankäynti (waging of war in set military battles) · ka კონვენციური ომი (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · fr guerre classique (waging of war in set military battles) · ro război convențional (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · ro război convențional (waging of war in set military battles) · fi tavanomainen sodankäynti (waging of war in set military battles) · cmn 常規戰爭 /常规战争 (waging of war in set military battles) · fi tavanomainen sodankäynti (waging of war in a manner which does not use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons) · de konventionelle Kriegsführung (waging of war in set military battles)