Environmental warfare



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.

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.

Examples

 * Employment of the herbicide Agent Orange, 1965, Vietnam War
 * Gulf War oil spill, 1991, Gulf War