limited war in English

noun
1
a war in which the weapons used, the nations or territory involved, or the objectives pursued are restricted in some way, in particular one in which the use of nuclear weapons is avoided.
After Kargil, India invented the notion of a limited war between nuclear weapon states.

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1. Threshold for calling in support to a limited war increased.

2. In diplomatic language this was an invitation to a limited war.

3. What do they tell us about how to conduct limited war?

4. AI will not call in allies during the early parts of a limited war.

5. Faith in the Kennedy-McNamara program of flexible response, counterinsurgency techniques, and the new theories of limited war remained high.

6. They cite India's force structure, defense spending priorities and its doctrine of "cold start" designed to enable rapid deployment for limited war against Pakistan.

7. But one can hardly jump to conclusions about the futility of force when limited war under nuclear conditions remains possible, and when adversaries need to be deterred.

8. The concept of limited war was also used in the Vietnam War by the United States under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson as part of a strategy to contain the spread of Communism without provoking a wider confrontation with the Soviet Union.