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Factor that gives military assets the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it
In military science, force multiplication or a force multiplier is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons (or other hardware)
Force_multiplication
United States military doctrine
government by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary or guerrilla force in a denied area. UW was the first mission assigned to United States Army
Unconventional warfare (United States)
Unconventional_warfare_(United_States)
US paramilitary force in SE Asia
behind their lines that emphasized body-count rather than force multiplication. Mike Force was active under MACV, 5th Special Forces Group, from 1965
MIKE_Force
Organized force intended for warfare
known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and
Military
Strategic timeline concept for China's potential military action against Taiwan
Corporation warns the U.S. would struggle to win a Taiwan conflict under current force balances. As of 2025, military analysts note China continues capability
Davidson_window
Giving up control over territory or resources to another power
handing over of weapons; previously the commanding officer of a surrendering force symbolically offered his sword to the victorious commander. Individual combatants
Surrender_(military)
Principle of war
Economy of force is one of the nine Principles of War, based upon Carl von Clausewitz's approach to warfare. It is the principle of employing all available
Economy_of_force
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List_of_bloodless_wars
War involving major global states
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World_war
Structuring of armed forces of a state
air force. Many countries have a variation on the standard model of three basic military branches. Some nations also organize their cyber force, emergencies
Military_organization
Index of articles associated with the same name
In mathematics, vector multiplication may refer to one of several operations between two (or more) vectors. It may concern any of the following articles:
Vector_multiplication
Company providing armed combat or security services
especially in hostile territories. However, contractors that use armed force in a war zone may be considered unlawful combatants in reference to a concept
Private_military_company
Brief excursion of one military unit from a strongpoint
destruction of siege weaponry and engineering works, joining the relief force, etc. Sir John Thomas Jones, analyzing a number of sieges carried out during
Sortie
Prevention of trade or movement by force
A blockade is the use of military force to prevent food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, entering or leaving a country or
Blockade
List of wars throughout history
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Lists_of_wars
Military strategy
Force concentration is the practice of concentrating a military force so as to bring to bear such overwhelming force against a portion of an enemy force
Force_concentration
Military arms and supplies
materiel refers either to the specific needs (excluding manpower) of a force to complete a specific mission, or the general sense of the needs (excluding
Materiel
Military organisation composed of ex-service civilians
A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under
Military_reserve_force
Use of force or threat of war focused for political purposes
warfare Basic Strategic Art Program Battleplan (documentary TV series) Force multiplication Strategic bombing Strategic depth U.S. Army Strategist War termination
Military_strategy
Warring party to military conflict
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Belligerent
War within a country
delegations feared that it might be taken to cover any act committed by force of arms". Accordingly, the commentaries provide for different 'conditions'
Civil_war
Strategic approach in military deterrence theory
A tripwire force (sometimes called a glass plate) is a strategic approach in deterrence theory whereby a small force is deployed abroad with the assumption
Tripwire_force
suspect the enemy is nearby. Force concentration – the practice of concentrating a military force against a portion of an enemy force. Night combat – combat
List_of_military_tactics
Military strategy
actions and capabilities, usually long-range, designed to prevent an opposing force from entering an operational area. Area denial refers to those actions and
Anti-access/area_denial
Approach to warfare
local superiority. The early Republic Roman Legion was a combined arms force and consisted of five classes of troops. Lightly equipped velites acted
Combined_arms
Military strategy of wearing down the enemy
of a decisive battle. It contrasts with strategies such as blitzkrieg or force concentration, which aim to achieve rapid victory through overwhelming power
Attrition_warfare
Physical combat at close range
Commissioner William E. Fairbairn of the Shanghai Municipal Police, the police force of the Shanghai International Settlement (1854–1943).[citation needed] After
Close-quarters_battle
Group of people who undermine a larger group from within
terrorism executed within defense lines by secret sympathizers with an external force. Although the term is generally thought to have originated in the Spanish
Fifth_column
War between two states in open confrontation
military, which negates its ability to engage in conventional warfare. In forcing capitulation, however, one or both sides may eventually resort to unconventional
Conventional_warfare
Type of United States military facility
with no permanent force or contractor personnel, or a forward operating base (FOB) and main operating base (MOB), with a large force and a well-defended
Forward_operating_site
Type of machine that uses liquid fluid power to perform work
actually the same type of force multiplication as the cylinder example, just that the linear force in this case is a rotary force, defined as torque. Both
Hydraulic_machinery
Clandestine preparations started by governments for anticipated invasions
quickly deploy forward, link up with the rear guard or 'aggressive delaying force' and 'stay-behind' as these forces withdrew, letting themselves be bypassed
Stay-behind
Element of hierarchy in armed forces
designation), fleet admiral (U.S. Navy), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, or other national air force. These ranks have often been discontinued, such as in Germany
Military_rank
Act of forceful subjugation
territorial army occupying a territory takes over and moves civilization through force of arms. This total subjugation, by either migration or conquest frequently
Conquest
Subdivision of the national armed forces
– namely the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Canadian Air Force – it remains a single military service. Branch of service (also branch of
Military_branch
War crime involving breaking of a promise
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Perfidy
5th-century BC Chinese military treatise
deception from The Art of War was studied and widely used by the KGB: "I will force the enemy to take our strength for weakness, and our weakness for strength
The_Art_of_War
hierarchy Defense diplomacy Defence minister Directive control Force multiplication Force surge Headquarters unit Military facility Military genius - Clausewitz's
List of established military terms
List_of_established_military_terms
Second-Sino Japanese War List of individual weapons of the New Zealand Defence Force List of Norwegian military equipment of World War II List of World War II
Lists_of_weapons
Military combat on land
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Land_warfare
Person specializing in combat or warfare
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Warrior
Strip of land between wartime trenches
and personnel correspondences of the members of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). In World War I, no man's land often ranged from several hundred yards
No_man's_land
Imposition of direct military control or suspension of civil law by a government
providing legal immunity for killing Aboriginal people. It would remain in force for more than three years, the longest period of martial law in the history
Martial_law
Soldier or small unit tasked with early warning and screening for larger forces
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Picket_(military)
Deployment of a state's military to fight abroad
Expeditionary Force 1914–1920 First Australian Imperial Force (Europe) 1914-1921 Indian Expeditionary Force 1914–1918 Hejaz Expeditionary Force (Ottoman Empire)
Expeditionary_warfare
Military tactic
"screening force" (sometimes referred to as a "security force," or "guard force") provides early warning and reconnaissance to a main force or unit. Screening
Screening_(tactical)
All-out attack to break enemy lines
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Shock_tactics
Type of concealed or secretive government activity
first modern police force was established in 1829 by Sir Robert Peel as the Metropolitan Police of London. From the start, the force occasionally employed
Covert_operation
Judicial action in military forces
(civilian) attorney general. Service members of the New Zealand Defence Force are tried under a court martial for offences pertaining to the most serious
Court-martial
Act violating the laws of war
confinement of a protected person, compelling a protected person to serve in the force of a hostile Power, or wilfully depriving a protected person of the rights
War_crime
Effective provisional control of one sovereign power over another sovereign's territory
and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country. In 1949 these laws governing the occupation of an enemy
Military_occupation
Weapon device for preventing occupation or traversing of a specified location
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Area_denial_weapon
Opposite of conventional warfare
power by operating through or with an underground, auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, there were wars between
Unconventional_warfare
Attentional phenomenon
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Target_fixation
Type of armed conflict between two states or non-state actors
country. Acting either as a nation-state government or as a conventional force, a proxy belligerent acts on behalf of a third-party state sponsor. A proxy
Proxy_war
Any non-standard military organization
such organizations may be called a troop, group, unit, column, band, or force. Irregulars are soldiers or warriors that are members of these organizations
Irregular_military
Type of military operation
Operation Coronado IX conducted by the United States Navy's Mobile Riverine Force during the Vietnam War. An air offensive is an operation that can describe
Offensive_(military)
Doctrine about when a war is ethically just
use of force in two parts: when it is right to resort to armed force (the concern of jus ad bellum) and what is acceptable in using such force (the concern
Just_war_theory
Type of military conflict
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized the escalation and use of military force in the Vietnam War without a formal declaration of war. On at least 125
Undeclared_war
Wheeled armoured fighting vehicle
armored car to break through the Germans' lines and force the Germans to retreat. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) in the Middle East was equipped with Rolls-Royce
Armored_car_(military)
International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed in the Nicaragua Case on the use of force. Some commentators believe that the effect of Article 51 is only to preserve
Self-defence in international law
Self-defence_in_international_law
Area or place where important military events occur or are progressing
District] and elements of the Mongolian Ground Forces and Mongolian Air Force were also at its disposal. In September 1984 three more High Commands were
Theater_(warfare)
Simultaneous discharge of weaponry
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Salvo
Infantry transported by motor vehicles
infantry units. In the 1920s, the British created the Experimental Mechanized Force between the wars to test the capabilities of all-arms formations of mechanized
Motorized_infantry
Canon of military treatises from ancient China
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Seven_Military_Classics
Doctrine of military strategy
attacked for any reason by the other, would retaliate with equal or greater force. The expected result is an immediate, irreversible escalation of hostilities
Mutually_assured_destruction
Symbolic expressions of combat scenarios
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Ritual_warfare
Arrangement of movable military forces
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Tactical_formation
Training for military activities
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Military education and training
Military_education_and_training
War in which the parties limit their scope
rejected major military intervention as a conscious policy, but he had set in force the bureaucratic momentum that would make it a certainty." The War of Attrition
Limited_war
Political science and military industry term
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Defense_industrial_base
Military position
American Civil War. In cavalry terminology, the men scouting ahead of the main force were said to be "riding point". This use was first recorded in 1903. The
Take_point
Formulae for relative strengths of military forces
casualties, until the smaller force is eventually eliminated: the greater probability of any one shot hitting the larger force is balanced by the greater
Lanchester's_laws
Group of people who carry out orders based on the authority of others within the group
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Command_hierarchy
Military strategy based on overwhelming power
strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their
Shock_and_awe
Early modern fortification style built to withstand cannon fire
over the wall with ladders and overcome the defenders. For the invading force these fortifications proved quite difficult to overcome and, accordingly
Bastion_fort
Attack by one or more unmanned combat aerial vehicles
pilot or have varying levels of autonomy during their mission. Drones are a force multiplier that may supplement–or reduce the necessity for–live personnel
Drone_warfare
Combat involving electronics and directed energy
10 October 2018. "Electronic Warfare; Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5.1" (PDF). Secretary of the Air Force. 5 November 2002. pp. i, v–x. Archived from
Electronic_warfare
Military personnel who engage in ground combat
battlefield formations and manoeuvres: regular infantry. Though the main force of the army, these forces were usually kept small due to their cost of training
Infantry
Wartime situation in which a force or target is surrounded by enemy forces
situation when a force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces. The situation is highly dangerous for the encircled force. At the strategic
Encirclement
Capacity of a state to deploy and sustain military forces outside its territory
RIMPAC Expeditionary maneuver warfare Expeditionary warfare Force concentration Force multiplication List of countries by military expenditures List of countries
Power_projection
Infantry formation
immediately challenged. He managed to build up a force of 24,000 regulars and was joined by a force of 18,000 Saxons of questionable quality under von
Pike_and_shot
Coordinated military actions of a state or non-state actor
objectives. Military operations can be classified by the scale and scope of force employment, and their impact on the wider conflict. The scope of military
Military_operation
Military tactic
large portion of one's own force to bear on small enemy units in sequence, rather than engaging the bulk of the enemy force all at once. This exposes one's
Defeat_in_detail
Where both sides commit to fight at a location
They are also planned to take advantage of terrain favourable to one's force. Forces strong in cavalry, for example, will not select swamp, forest, or
Pitched_battle
Major and largest sub-formation within a military service branch
Air Force (USAF), the acronym MAJCOM is used. There are several types of DOD major commands: List of major commands of the United States Air Force List
Command_(military_formation)
Conflict in which all of a nation's resources are deployed
and Sherman ordered his men to spare civilian homes. United States Air Force general Curtis LeMay updated the concept for the nuclear age. In 1949, he
Total_war
Information operations to assist military objectives
to the Battle of Manila, Spanish captain Juan de Salcedo had his relief force return to the city by night while playing marching music and carrying torches
Psychological_warfare
Government administered by military forces
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Military_government
1832 treatise by von Clausewitz
served as a mere instrument: "Thus, war is an act of violence in order to force our will upon the enemy." Clausewitz analyzed the conflicts of his time
On_War
Warfare by small groups against regular forces
engage in limited skirmishes with the goal of exhausting adversaries and forcing them to withdraw (see also attrition warfare). Organized guerrilla groups
Guerrilla_warfare
Military tactic in which retreating forces maintain contact with the enemy
to consolidate forces, to occupy ground that is more easily defended, force the enemy to overextend to secure a decisive victory, or to lead the enemy
Withdrawal_(military)
Facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
forces, such as marines) to the exclusion of a base used by either an air force or a navy. This is consistent with the different meanings of the word 'military'
Military_base
French inventor (1908–1999)
compressible gas in an enclosed chamber with the non-compressible, force-multiplication properties of hydraulic machinery. In such a system increasing loads
Paul_Magès
Practices associated with a military unit
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Military_tradition
Group of vehicles traveling together
Japanese battle-fleet. The Japanese force comprised four battleships and numerous heavy cruisers, while the U.S. force consisted of escort carriers, destroyers
Convoy
Secured forward military position
concrete barriers, gates, guard towers, pillboxes and bunkers and other force protection infrastructure. They are often built from Hesco bastions. FOB
Forward_operating_base
Term used for any conflict about petroleum resources
interests, especially control over Iraq's oil resources, appear to be a driving force behind much of the policy making. Juhasz, Antonia (15 April 2013). "Why
Oil_war
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List_of_wars_by_death_toll
Military strategy favoring a war of attrition
harrying against Santa Anna's much larger force, to give time for the Army of Texas to grow into a viable fighting force. When he finally met Santa Anna at San
Fabian_strategy
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Boy/Male
English
A shallow place used to cross a river or stream. Surname.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Force to move forward, Force
Boy/Male
Tamil
Soul, Life force
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Force; Might
Surname or Lastname
Italian
Italian : from the personal name Forte, from Late Latin fortis ‘strong’ (see Fort) or from a short form of a medieval personal name formed with this element, as for example Fortebraccio (‘strong arm’).Slovenian : shortened form of the personal name Fortunat, Latin Fortunatus.English : variant of Fort.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Force.
Boy/Male
Indian
God of force
Biblical
violence, force
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : variant spelling of Ford 1 and 2. This is a very common spelling in Ireland.Norwegian : habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Førde (there are eleven on the west coast), from Old Norse fyrði, dative of fjórðr ‘fjord’.
Girl/Female
Hindi
Vital force.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Parsi
Destructive Force
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
River Crossing; A Shallow Place Used to Cross a River; Stream; Surname
Boy/Male
Muslim
Strength, Force, Occupation
Girl/Female
British, English
Force
Surname or Lastname
English (Somerset and Avon)
English (Somerset and Avon) : variant of Fosse.Americanized form of French Fortier.
Girl/Female
Indian
Force to move forward, Force
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fosse. There has been some confusion with northwestern English force in the sense of ‘waterfall’, it is possible that the surname may also have arisen as a topographic name for someone living by a waterfall.French : topographic name for someone who lived by a fortress or stronghold, Old French force, Late Latin fortia, a derivative of fortis ‘strong’ (see Fort). There are several places named with this word (for example in Aude, and baronial lands in the Dordogne), and it may also be a habitational name from any of these.
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Force
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : topographic name for someone who lived near a forge or smithy, Middle English, Old French forge (from Latin fabrica ‘workshop’, a derivative of faber ‘smith’, ‘workman’; compare Lefevre). The surname is thus in most cases a metonymic occupational name for a smith or someone employed by a smith.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Force.Perhaps an altered form of Dutch Voorhees.
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Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
From the Gray Home
Girl/Female
Czechoslovakian American
Christian.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Honest, Night
Boy/Male
Muslim
Pen, Speckled snake
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Craycraft.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Eternal; Constant
Female
Hungarian
Pet form of Hungarian Ildikó, ILDÓ means "battle."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Father of the Pandavas; Character of Mahabharata
Girl/Female
American, Christian, English, German, Hebrew, Jamaican
Father in Rejoicing; Highborn and Steadfast; Father of Joy; Form of Abigail
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Sight; View; To Perceive; Vision; Philosophy; Paying Respect; Visions of Divine
FORCE MULTIPLICATION
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n.
The solid piston of a force pump; the instrument by which water is forced in a pump.
a.
Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure; as, a forced style; a forced laugh.
v. t.
Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.
n.
Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
v. i.
To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.
n.
To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
n.
Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.
n.
To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
n.
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
prep.
Before; -- sometimes written 'fore as if a contraction of afore or before.
v. t.
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
n.
To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
v. i.
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
n.
One who, or that which, forces or drives.
v. t.
To impel forward slowly; as, to forge a ship forward.
n.
To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
imp. & p. p.
of Force
pl.
of Fore tooth
n.
To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
n.
To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.