Military terminology

International alliances and operations, including peacekeeping,[1] have added additional complexity.

For example, the NATO alliance now maintains a large dictionary[2] of common terms for use by member countries.

Development work is also taking place[3] between NATO and Russia on common terminology for extended air defence, in English, French and Russian.

Some claim military terms serve to depoliticise, dehumanise, or otherwise abstract discussion about its operations from an actual description thereof.

"Kinetic activity" as a buzzword for combat, in use since the inception of the War on Terror, has been criticized as a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy for murder.