80年代以来,美国军事战略愈来愈强调依据“冲突等级”的概念去预测军事行动样式及可能的作战结果。这个等级的一个极端是“高强度冲突”和“核冲突”,幸而这种灾难性的冲突发生的可能性极小。综观冲突等级,可以发现,发生可能性最大的是“中等强度冲突”和“低强度冲突”,特别是处于另一个极端的“低强度冲突”。依据“冲突等级”来划分战争类型的方法已逐渐为许多人所接受。尽管在这个等级中,有些等级冲突的可能性极小,因而为之拟定的作战计划往往缺少现实意义,但美国武装力量的建设却始终是为应付所有这些等级的冲突作着准备。“高强度冲突”远比“低强度冲突”发生的可能性低的事实,并没有使美军放弃对应付前 Since the 1980s, the U.S. military strategy has increasingly emphasized the use of the concept of “conflict rating” to predict the pattern of military operations and possible operational results. At one extreme of this level are “high intensity conflicts” and “nuclear conflicts.” Fortunately, such a catastrophic conflict is unlikely to occur. Looking at the level of conflict, one can see that the most likely occurrences are “medium-intensity conflicts” and “low-intensity conflicts”, especially at the other extreme “low-intensity conflicts.” The method of classifying the type of war based on “levels of conflict” has gradually become accepted by many. Although there are some levels at this level that are less likely to conflict, the plan of action drawn up for them often has little practical relevance, but the construction of the United States armed forces is always in preparation for meeting the conflicts of all these levels. The fact that “high-intensity clashes” is far less likely than “low-intensity clashes” did not cause the U.S. military to abandon the pre-counterociation