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Concept: Attack

Superconcept: Military-Task

Definition: an offensive military action that destroys or defeats enemy forces, seizes and secures terrain, or both

Required Relationships:

agent: the Military-Unit that is attacking the object
object: the thing (a Spatial-Entity) being attacked

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Attack-by-Fire An Attack-by-Fire is an attack using direct fires, supported by indirect fires, to engage an enemy without closing with him to destroy, suppress, fix, or deceive him
Bypass A Bypass is a military action by friendly forces in which a unit maneuvers around an obstacle
Follow-and-Assume Follow-and-Assume is a tactical mission task to follow a force conducting an offensive operation and to continue the mission if the lead force is disabled
Follow-and-Support Follow-and-Support is a tactical mission task to follow and support a lead force conducting an offensive operation
Support-by-Fire Support-by-Fire is a tactical mission task in which a maneuver force moves to a position where it can engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force