Definition of "asymmetric warfare" []

• Armed conflict between belligerents having different strengths and weaknesses (noun)

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• "Until recently, the meaning was limited to the application of surprise force by a terrorist against a stronger force’s vulnerability, but ever since the Sept. 11 attack, Pentagonians have been applying asymmetric warfare to the kind of commando and anti-guerrilla techniques, drawing heavily on intelligence data, to be used against Taliban forces in Afghanistan—using non-superpower strength to go after a weaker foe’s vulnerabilities."
• "Harris, Harry B., Jr., on suicide as asymmetric warfare"