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Air supremacy – A degree of air superiority where a side holds complete control of air power over opposing forces. Control of the air is the aerial equivalent of Command of the sea. Attrition warfare – A strategy of wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous loss of personnel and material. Used to defeat enemies with ...
Unity of Command – For every objective, seek unity of command and unity of effort. At all levels of war, employment of military forces in a manner that masses combat power toward a common objective requires unity of command and unity of effort. Unity of command means that all the forces are under one responsible commander.
The right of conquest was historically a right of ownership to land after immediate possession via force of arms. It was recognized as a principle of international law that gradually deteriorated in significance until its proscription in the aftermath of World War II following the concept of crimes against peace introduced in the Nuremberg Principles.
Under Article 126 of the Constitution, the only forces permitted are the police, which includes a Maritime Surveillance Unit for internal security. The Unit is equipped with small arms, and maintains one Pacific-class patrol boat, the Teanoai.
1922 The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty (6 February) 1923 Hague Draft Rules of Aerial Warfare. Never adopted in a legally binding form. [36] 1925 Geneva protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare. [37]
Militias did not operate independently of the state governments but were under the command of the civil government just like the regular military forces. [28] Twenty-four of the current US states maintain state defense forces in the form of a constitutional militia in addition to the National Guard which is shared with the US government.
Sapping: digging approach trench towards enemy fortifications within range of the besieged guns. Siege engines: specialised weapons used to overcome fortifications of a besieged fort or town; in modern times, the task has fallen to large artillery pieces. Siege train: specialised siege artillery moved in a column by road or by rail.
Surrender, in military terms, is the relinquishment of control over territory, combatants, fortifications, ships or armament to another power. A surrender may be accomplished peacefully or it may be the result of defeat in battle.