Military Action

Military action has traditionally been an extension of the socio-political milieu whereby a state-owned professional or semi-professional security provider utilizes state-regulated military force in protection of national or communal interests from external threats. Military force, namely executed combined-arms mass violence bringing overwhelming fire power to bear, is the principal means employed during military action. Military action has historically assumed a central role in political discourse and behaviour. The very nature of military action has been determined by political and sociological factors as military action is a socio-political phenomenon