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Guerrilla warfare
The term was invented in to describe the tactics Spain used to resist Napoleon, though the tactic itself has been around much, much longer. Literally, it means "little war." Guerilla warfare features cells and utilises no front line. The oldest form of asymmetric warfare, guerilla warfare is based on sabotage and ambush with the objective of destabilising the government through lengthy and low-intensity confrontation.
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