War must entail some degree of confrontation using weapons and other military technology and

equipment by armed forces employing military tactics and operational art within a broad military
strategy subject to military logistics. Studies of war by military theorists throughout military
history have sought to identify the philosophy of war, and to reduce it to a military science.
Modern military science considers several factors before a national defence policy is created to
allow a war to commence: the environment in the area(s) of combat operations, the posture
national forces will adopt on the commencement of a war, and the type of warfare troops will be
engaged in.

 Asymmetric warfare is a conflict between belligerents of drastically different levels of military

capability and/or size.
 Biological warfare, or germ warfare, is the use of weaponized biological toxins or infectious
agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
 Chemical warfare involves the use of weaponized chemicals in combat. Poison gas as
a chemical weapon was principally used during World War I, and resulted in over a million
estimated casualties, including more than 10