Modern warfare Flashcards by emeline thourigny

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hight-tech warfare

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la guerre de haute technologie

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asymmetric warfare

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la guerre asymétrique

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proxy war

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la guerre par procuration

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a surgical strike

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une frappe chirurgicale

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a target

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une cible

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to aim

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viser

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a man-portable missile

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un missile portatif

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a rocket launcher

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un lance-roquettes

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a spy satellite

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un satellite espion

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an unmanned vehicle

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un véhicule sans pilote

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a UAV (an unmanned aerial vehicle), a drone

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un drone

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remotely operated

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commandé à distance

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an explosive payload

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une charge explosive

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a suicide bomber

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un kamikaze

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an armored vehicle

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un véhicule blindé

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to ambush

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tendre une embuscade

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to plunder, to loot, to pillage

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piller

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to wreak havoc

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faire des ravages

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to maim

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mutiler

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to rape

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violer

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to kidnap

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enlever

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a hostage

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un otage

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collateral /side effects

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des effets collatéraux

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unexploded ordnance

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des munitions non explosées

a warlord

un seigneur de guerre

a militia group

une milice

guerrilla warfare tactics

des tactiques de guérilla

civilian victims

des victimes civiles

displaced populations

les populations déplacées

a refugee

un réfugié

shell-shocked

atteint de choc traumatique

a war crime

un crime de guerre