Editing Asymmetric warfare (section)

===21st century===
====Israel/Palestine====
{{main|Israeli–Palestinian conflict}}
The ongoing conflict between [[Israel]] and some [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] organizations (such as [[Hamas]] and [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|PIJ]]) is a classic case of asymmetric warfare. Israel has a powerful army, air force and navy, while the Palestinian organizations have no access to large-scale military equipment with which to conduct operations;<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lavie|first=Smadar|url=https://www.academia.edu/38988706|title=Gaza 2014 and Mizrahi Feminism - PoLAR 42(1):85-109|journal=PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review |date=January 2019 |doi=10.1111/plar.12284 |s2cid=150473862 |language=en}}</ref> instead, they utilize asymmetric tactics, such as taking hostages, [[paragliding]], small gunfights, cross-border sniping, indiscriminate mortar/rocket attacks,<ref name="upi.com">{{cite news|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/06/Hamas-claims-responsibility-for-attack/UPI-59801241613436/|title=Hamas claims responsibility for attack|date=6 May 2009|access-date=2009-05-06}}</ref> and others.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCarthy|first=Rory|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/01/israelandthepalestinians.international|title=Death toll in Arab-Israeli conflict fell in 2007|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 January 2008|access-date=2008-02-18|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lavie|first=Smadar|url=https://www.academia.edu/37051595|title=Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture -- Revised Edition with a New Afterword|journal=University of Nebraska Press |date=2 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

====Sri Lanka====
The [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]], which raged on and off from 1983 to 2009, between the Sri Lankan government and the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (LTTE) saw large-scale asymmetric warfare. The war started as an insurgency and progressed to a large-scale conflict with the mixture of guerrilla and conventional warfare, seeing the LTTE use [[suicide bombing]] (male/female suicide bombers) both on and off the battlefield use of explosive-filled boats for suicide attacks on military shipping; and use of light aircraft targeting military and economic infrastructure.

====Iraq====
[[File:Cougar Hit By IED.jpg|thumb|This [[Cougar (MRAP)|Cougar]] in Al Anbar, Iraq, was hit by a directed charge IED approximately {{cvt|300|–|500|lb|kg}} in size.]]
The victory by the US-led coalition forces in the [[Gulf War|1991 Persian Gulf War]] and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] demonstrated that training, tactics and technology could provide overwhelming victories in the field of battle during modern conventional warfare. After [[Saddam Hussein]]'s regime was removed from power, the Iraq campaign moved into a different type of asymmetric warfare where the coalition's use of superior conventional warfare training, tactics and technology was of much less use against continued opposition from the various partisan groups operating inside Iraq.

====Syria====

Much of the 2012–present [[Syrian Civil War]] has been asymmetrical. The [[Syrian National Coalition]], Mujahideen, and [[Kurdish Democratic Union Party]] have been engaging with the forces of the Syrian government through asymmetric means. The conflict has seen large-scale asymmetric warfare across the country, with the forces opposed to the government unable to engage symmetrically with the Syrian government and resorting instead to other asymmetric tactics such as suicide bombings<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20205432 | work=BBC News | title=Several killed in Syria car bombings | date=5 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syrian-rebels-emboldened-after-assassinations/ | work=CBS News | title=Syrian rebels emboldened after assassinations | date=19 July 2012}}</ref> and targeted assassinations.

====Ukraine====
{{main|Russo-Ukrainian War}}
The [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] has resulted in what could be described in some respects as an asymmetrical warfare scenario. Russia has a much larger economy, population, and has superior military might to Ukraine.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kessler |first1=Andy |title=Ukraine's Asymmetric War: Moscow has more firepower, but Kyiv is using digital technology better. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-asymmetric-war-technology-starlink-mariupol-theater-collapse-russia-explosives-internet-drones-weapons-11648400672 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=27 March 2022 |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reporter |title=Asymmetric warfare in Ukraine's population centres |url=https://www.defenceconnect.com.au/key-enablers/9410-the-population-deterrent-asymmetric-warfare-in-ukraine-s-population-centres |website=wct.com.au |date=30 January 2022 |publisher=Defence Connect |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=The Brock News |title=How Ukraine's small missiles help defend against a bigger invader |url=https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2022/03/how-ukraines-small-missiles-help-defend-against-a-bigger-invader/ |website=brocku.ca |publisher=Brock University |access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref> The use of [[MAGURA V5]] [[unmanned surface vehicle]]s (USVs) to attack Russian Black Sea Fleet ships such as the ''[[Russian ship Tsezar Kunikov|Tsezar Kunikov]]'' has been cited as example of asymmetrical warfare by analysts.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last1=Toussaint |first1=Benoit |last2=Flanagan |first2=Erin |date=2024-02-15 |title=Ukraine lands blows in Black Sea as frontline stagnates |url=https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/ukraine-lands-blows-in-black-sea-as-frontline-stagnates/article_b1e9b6cf-85e8-5ee0-8b2f-8ea906709847.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216194334/https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/ukraine-lands-blows-in-black-sea-as-frontline-stagnates/article_b1e9b6cf-85e8-5ee0-8b2f-8ea906709847.html |archive-date=16 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=[[KNDU|NBC Right Now]] |language=en |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]}}</ref>