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Line 4: − − Using the teachings of [[Sun Tzu]] to warfare, all warfare is asymmetric because one exploits an enemy's strengths while attacking his weaknesses.<ref>[https://www.ausa.org/publications/defining-asymmetric-warfare DEFINING ASYMMETRIC WARFARE], Association of the United States Army</ref> − − "So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak." - Sun Tzu
Extrapolation; the word "asymmetrical" didn't exist in Chinese at the time of Sun Tzu
Encyclopædia Britannica indicates:
Encyclopædia Britannica indicates:
{{Cquote|[[Guerrilla warfare]], occurring between lightly armed partisans and a conventional army, is an example of asymmetrical warfare. [[Terrorism|Terrorist]] tactics, such as hijackings and suicide bombings, are also considered to be asymmetrical, both because they tend to involve a smaller, weaker group attacking a stronger one and also because attacks on civilians are by definition one-way warfare. War between a country that is both able and willing to use nuclear weapons and a country that is not would be another example of asymmetrical warfare.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/asymmetrical-warfare Asymmetrical warfare], Britannica</ref>}}
{{Cquote|[[Guerrilla warfare]], occurring between lightly armed partisans and a conventional army, is an example of asymmetrical warfare. [[Terrorism|Terrorist]] tactics, such as hijackings and suicide bombings, are also considered to be asymmetrical, both because they tend to involve a smaller, weaker group attacking a stronger one and also because attacks on civilians are by definition one-way warfare. War between a country that is both able and willing to use nuclear weapons and a country that is not would be another example of asymmetrical warfare.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/asymmetrical-warfare Asymmetrical warfare], Britannica</ref>}}
== Asymmetrical warfare and cyberattacks ==
== Asymmetrical warfare and cyberattacks ==