“非对称作战”是近年来美军提出的一种新的作战理论。它是指“不同类型部队之间的交战”,如空军对海军、海军对陆军的作战等。美军在1991年颁发的第1号联合出版物《美国武装部队的联合作战》中首次提出这一概念,当时被称为“不对等作战”。1993年在其出版的第3号联合出版物《联合作战纲要》中,又改为“非对称作战”,并作了具体论述。此后,美军在《2010年联合构想》(1996年)、《四年防务审查报告》(1997年)和新版《作战纲要》(1998年)等条令和文件中,进一步发展了“非对称作战”思想。之后,在1998年底的“沙漠之狐”军事行动和近期的科索沃战争中对这一理论进行了验证。由此,“非对称作战”正式成为美军重要的 “Asymmetric warfare” is a new theory of war put forward by the U.S. military in recent years. It refers to “fighting between different types of forces,” such as the Air Force’s naval and naval operations against the Army. The concept was first proposed by the U.S. military in its joint publication No. 1, Joint Operations of the U.S. Armed Forces, 1991, which was then called “unequal combat.” In 1993, in its joint publication No. 3, “Joint Operations Compendium,” it was renamed “Asymmetric Combat” and made a specific account. Since then, the U.S. military has further developed the “asymmetric warfare” in such decrees and documents as the “Joint Vision 2010” (1996), the “Quadrennial Defense Review Report” (1997) and the new “Operational Outline” (1998) thought. This theory was then validated in the “Desert Fox” military operations in late 1998 and the recent Kosovo war. As a result, “asymmetric warfare” has officially become an important one for the U.S. military