"Asymmetric Warfare" is war between belligerents whose relative military powers, strategy or tactics differ significantly. It can describe a conflict in which the resources of two belligerents differ in essence, and in the struggle, interact and attempt to exploit each other's inherent weaknesses. Such struggles often involve strategies and tactics of unconventional warfare, the "weaker" combatants attempting to use strategy to offset deficiencies in quantity or quality. Such strategies may not necessarily be militarized. This is in contrast to "Symmetric Warfare", where two powers have similar military power and resources and rely on tactics that are similar overall, differing only in details and execution. The term is frequently used to describe what is also called "guerrilla warfare", "insurgency", "terrorism", "counter-insurgency", and "counter-terrorism", essentially violent conflicts between formal military organizations and informal, poorly-equipped, but resilient forces. (Wikipedia)
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