Environmental warfare means waging warfare by means of deliberate environmental destruction or alteration, in order to repel enemy assault, as well as to hinder, hamper or injure the opponent.
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Operations, which fall under environmental welfare can include hydrogeological, physical, and/ or chemical processes or substances. The goal of environmental warfare is not to kill the enemies but to generate a partial health damage for their societies or to distract the enemy in order to prevent or hinder attacks.[1]
Examples
edit- Employment of the herbicide Agent Orange, 1965, Vietnam War
- Gulf War oil spill, 1991, Gulf War
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Fakron, Malik M. A. (2024). "Environmental Warfare Operation Principles". Applied Sciences Research Periodicals. 2 (2): 10–15. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
Sources
edit- Kreike, Emmanuel (2021). Scorched Earth: Environmental Warfare as a Crime Against Humanity and Nature. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13742-1.