None of this is changed by the fact that we are not in a conventional war.

We have no interest in making Europe "safe" for conventional war.

But in conventional war, they have a lot of advantages as well.

They know from bitter experience that conventional war is not the answer.

He could fairly well hold his own in a conventional war, if it came to that.

We would have been prepared for a conventional war outside our borders.

But a conventional war is no longer the most pressing military threat.

The army is currently set up to fight a conventional war with India.

But he is fighting a conventional war with unconventional means.

In 1979, though, the need to make a conventional war movie left little room for such nuances.

Conventional war, even at its fastest, was fought over days and weeks.

Achieving this will be more difficult, of course, than winning a conventional war against Iraq.

Any indication that it was something besides a conventional war shot?

Another scary scenario: A conventional war could quickly turn nuclear.

A world free of nuclear weapons might also become dangerously safe for conventional war.

Others still believe that the threat to use nuclear weapons prevents conventional war.

The West could not fight a conventional war in Europe with any hope of success.

In a conventional war, killing two enemy soldiers among a group of ten leaves just eight to deal with.

They may be subjected to nuclear attack from a very safe distance but never to a conventional war.

That would make the world safe for conventional war.

Ironically, until December 2008, he could have said the same about no two democratic states ever having fought each other in a conventional war.

"It was a hydrogen bomb dropped into a conventional war."

It might well have involved a nuclear war or a major conventional war with China.

A conventional war, however, is considered a real possibility.

The alliance should prepare for a conventional war lasting no more than a few days.