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Kinetic warfare
Term for military combat involving direct physical destruction
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Kinetic warfare is a term for military combat or other forms of directly-destructive warfare, to contrast "soft" force such as diplomacy, lawfare, sanctions, cyberwarfare, psychological warfare, information warfare, or other types of warfare. The term emerged as military jargon before it became used in wider circles at the turn of the millennium.
"Kinetic military action" was used by White House aide Ben Rhodes on March 23, 2011 to describe U.S. military action in Libya:I think what we are doing is enforcing a resolution that has a very clear set of goals, which is protecting the Libyan people, averting a humanitarian crisis, and setting up a no-fly zone...
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