Military strike

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Operation El Dorado Canyon had among its goals the destruction of 3-5 Ilyushin Il-76. No regime change was sought, nor any land occupied.

In the military of the United States, strikes and raids are a group of military operations that, alongside quite a number of others, come under the formal umbrella of military operations other than war (MOOTW).[1][2] What the definition of a military strike is depends on which particular branch of the military is using them.[3] However, they do have formal, general, definitions in the United States Department of Defense's Joint Publication 1-02:[3]

strike
An attack to damage or destroy an objective or a capability.[4]
raid
An operation to temporarily seize an area in order to secure information, confuse an adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or to destroy a capability culminating with a planned withdrawal.[5]

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Operation El Dorado Canyon.[6] For the United States Marine Corps, the latter was also a raid, and Operation Praying Mantis was a strike.[7]

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References

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  2. ^ Bonn & Baker 2000, p. 3.
  3. ^ a b Vego 2009, p. XG-88.
  4. ^ DOD 2006, p. 208.
  5. ^ DOD 2006, p. 274.
  6. ^ Vick 1997, p. 11.
  7. ^ USMC 2007, p. 10—14.

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