asymmetrical warfare

noun

1. warfare between a powerful military force and a weak guerilla force

Example Sentences

Next month, it plans to commission its third and fourth domestically designed and built stealth corvettes to counter the Chinese navy as ptensions art of a strategy of asymmetrical warfare, in which a smaller force counters its larger opponent by using cutting edge or nonconventional tactics and weaponry.

From Seattle Times

Next month it plans to commission its third and fourth domestically designed and built stealth corvettes to counter the Chinese navy. as part of a strategy of asymmetrical warfare in which a smaller force counters its larger opponent by using cutting edge or nonconventional tactics and weaponry.

From Seattle Times

Stewart began the segment with a faux nervous disclaimer, acknowledging that there were only so many yuks one can wring out of circumstances related to the horror of asymmetrical warfare.

From Salon

In other words, it was: “OK, we are going to show you that we still know how to play asymmetrical warfare. You fire 150 missiles at cities. Well, we go after something in Russia.”

From Slate

U.S. officials, however, warn that such assets should not come at the expense of smaller weapons that would help Taiwan wage "asymmetrical warfare" against China's far-larger arsenal.

From Reuters