Modern warfare is warfare that diverges notably from previous military concepts, methods, and technology, emphasizing how combatants must modernize to preserve their battle worthiness. As such, it is
US Army soldiers with M1128 MGS variant Stryker AFVs in a combined arms operation during the War in Afghanistan, May 2013
A Grumman F-14 Tomcat fighter aircraft firing an AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile, 1982
Canadian Army soldiers in CBRN hazmat suits with a Blowpipe man-portable air-defense system, 1987
Republic of Korea Army mechanized infantry supported by K21 infantry fighting vehicles, 2014
In military history, the term "generations of warfare" refers to the concept of five "generations" in warfare, with each generation having different tactics, strategies, and technologies. The generati
Modern warfare
…new domains, including space warfare and cyberwarfare, as well as psychological warfare and information warfare. Some argue that the changing forms of third generation warfare represents nothing more than an evolution of earlier technology. Aerial warfare is the use of military aircraft and other flying machines in warfare…
A British Napoleonic Wars reenactor watching modern military helicopters fly over his camp, exemplifying the vast differences in each generation of warfare
A Prussian Leibgarde battalion using line and column formation tactics during the Seven Years' War
German infantry and machine gun units advancing during World War I
Tanks advancing alongside armored vehicles and mechanized forces during the Gulf War