- Outline of military science and technology
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See also: Index of military science and technology articles
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to military science:
Military science – study of the technique, psychology, practice and other phenomena which constitute war and armed conflict. It strives to be a scientific system that if properly employed, will greatly enhance the practitioner's ability to prevail in an armed conflict with any adversary. To this end, it is unconcerned whether that adversary is an opposing military force, guerrillas or other irregulars, or any adversary who knows of or utilizes military science in response.
Essence of military science and technology
Topics within military science
- Military organization
- Military education and training
- Military history
- Military geography
- Military technology and equipment
- Military strategy and doctrine
- Intelligence cycle management
- Foreign policy analysis
- Diplomacy
Types of military technology
- Armour – protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers
- Artillery – large caliber weapons firing projectiles one at a time. Artillery pieces are crew serviced weapons that provide direct or indirect trajectories for the shell
- Medieval siege weaponry
- Fortifications – military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare–
- Martial arts – also known as fighting systems, martial arts are bodies of codified practices or traditions of training for unarmed and armed combat, usually without the use of guns and other modern weapons–
- Mêlée – hand-to-hand combat or mano-a-mano; weapons commonly used in mêlée include swords, clubs, spears, axes, or fists: almost any tool with which one can hit someone else
- Military vehicles – are land combat or transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or in significant use by military forces
- Military aviation and military aircraft – Military aviation includes any use of aircraft by a country's military, including such areas as transport, training, disaster relief, border patrol, search and rescue, surveillance, surveying, peacekeeping, and (very rarely) aerial warfare
- Military communications – the transmission medium that links military components on the battlefield
- Military robots – autonomous or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications
- Military thought and planning – military tactics, strategy, and doctrine
- Military doctrine – level of military planning between national strategy and unit-level
- Military strategy – collective name for planning the conduct of warfare
- Military tactics – collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy in battle
- Military unit – an organization within an armed force. It may consist of any number of soldiers, ships, vehicles, or aircraft. Armies, navies, and air forces, are organised hierarchically into groups of various sizes for functional, tactical and administrative purposes
- Military rank
- Comparative military ranks
- Munitions – often defined as a synonym for ammunition. A slightly broader definition would include bombs, missiles, warheads, and mines
- Bullet
- Missile
- Bomb
- Mine
- Landmine
- Naval mine
- Naval warfare – combat in and on seas and oceans
- Small arms and firearms – a firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant
Military by region
Military of Africa Sovereign
states- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
States with limited
recognition- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
Dependencies and
other territories- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain)
- Madeira (Portugal)
- Mayotte / Réunion (France)
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
- Western Sahara
Military of North America Sovereign states - Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
Dependencies and
other territories- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Navassa Island
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
Military of South America Sovereign states Dependencies and
other territories- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Falkland Islands
- French Guiana
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Military of Asia Sovereign
states- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China
- Cyprus
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Egypt
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
States with limited
recognition- Abkhazia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- South Ossetia
Dependencies and
other territories- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hong Kong
- Macau
Military of Europe Sovereign
states- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
States with limited
recognition- Abkhazia
- Kosovo
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- South Ossetia
- Transnistria
Other entities - European Union
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Military of Oceania Sovereign states Dependencies and
other territories- American Samoa
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Cook Islands
- Easter Island
- French Polynesia
- Guam
- Hawaii
- New Caledonia
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Pitcairn Islands
- Tokelau
- Wallis and Futuna
- List of countries by military expenditures
- List of countries by number of active troops
- List of countries by size of armed forces
- List of countries without an army
History of military science and technology
By historical period
- Prehistoric warfare
- Ancient warfare
- Medieval warfare
- Gunpowder warfare
- Industrial warfare
- Total war
- Irregular warfare
- Modern warfare
By battlespace
- Air power history
- Army history
- History of information warfare
- History of espionage
- Nuclear espionage
- History of surveillance
- History of espionage
- Naval history
- History of space warfare
By terrain
By weapon technology
- Armoured warfare
- Artillery
- Biological warfare
- Cavalry
- Chemical warfare
- Electronic warfare
- Infantry
- Mechanized warfare
- Sea- and Land-based Mine Warfare
- Nuclear warfare
- Psychological warfare
- Radiological warfare
- Ski warfare
- Submarine warfare
History of military tactics
- Amphibious warfare
- Asymmetric warfare
- Attrition warfare
- Cavalry tactics
- Conventional warfare
- Fortification
- Guerrilla warfare
- Hand to hand combat
- Invasion
- Joint warfare
- Maneuver warfare
- Siege warfare
- Total warfare
- Trench warfare
- Unconventional warfare
History of military strategy
General military science and technology concepts
- Aircraft
- Aircraft carrier
- Air superiority
- Basic training
- Battlespace
- Defense
- Draft
- Exchange officer
- Maginot line
- Militaria
- Military Aid to the Civil Power
- Military Aid to the Civil Community
- Military academy
- Military courtesy
- Military fiat
- Military history
- Military incompetence
- Military logistics
- Junta
- Military organization
- Military rule
- Military science
- Military tactics
- Military technology and equipment
- Mutually assured destruction (MAD)
- Napalm
- Nuclear missile
- SLBM
- ICBM
- MIRV
- Tactical nuclear weapon
- Radar
- Recruiting
- Sonar
- Strategic Bombing
- War crime (list)
Military science and technology scholars
- Carl von Clausewitz, author of On War.
- Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War.
Great military strategists
- Alexander the Great
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Heinz Guderian
- Erwin Rommel
Military science and technology lists
Main article: List of military science topics- List of countries by military expenditures
- List of countries by number of active troops
- List of countries by size of armed forces
- List of countries without an army
- List of air forces
- List of navies
- List of armies
- List of battles
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