Outline of military science and technology

Overview of and topical guide to military science and technology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to military science:

Military science – study of the technique, psychology, practice and other phenomena which constitute war and armed conflict. It strives to be a scientific system that if properly employed, will greatly enhance the practitioner's ability to prevail in an armed conflict with any adversary. To this end, it is unconcerned whether that adversary is an opposing military force, guerrillas or other irregulars, or any adversary who knows of or utilizes military science in response.

Topics within military science

Military organization
Military education and training
Military history
Military geography
Military technology and equipment
Military strategy, Military Tactics and doctrine
Intelligence cycle management
Foreign policy analysis
Diplomacy

Types of military technology

Weapon

Armour – protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers
Artillery – large caliber weapons firing projectiles one at a time. Artillery pieces are crew serviced weapons that provide direct or indirect trajectories for the shell
- Medieval siege weaponry
Fortifications – military constructions and buildings designed for defense in warfare–
Martial arts – also known as fighting systems, martial arts are bodies of codified practices or traditions of training for unarmed and armed combat, usually without the use of guns and other modern weapons–
Mêlée – hand-to-hand combat or mano-a-mano; weapons commonly used in mêlée include swords, clubs, spears, axes, or fists: almost any tool with which one can hit someone else
Military vehicles – are land combat or transportation vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or in significant use by military forces
Military aviation and military aircraft – Military aviation include such areas as transport, bombing, surveillance, and aerial warfare
Military communications – the transmission medium that links military components on the battlefield
- Communications
- Military engineer
Military robots – autonomous or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications
Military thought and planning – military tactics, strategy, and doctrine
- Military doctrine – level of military planning between national strategy and unit-level
- Military strategy – collective name for planning the conduct of warfare
- Military tactics – collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy in battle
Military unit – an organization within an armed force. It may consist of any number of soldiers, ships, vehicles, or aircraft. Armies, navies, and air forces, are organised hierarchically into groups of various sizes for functional, tactical and administrative purposes
- Military rank
- Comparative military ranks
Munitions – often defined as a synonym for ammunition. A slightly broader definition would include bombs, missiles, warheads, and mines
- Bullet
- Missile
- Bomb
- Mine
  - Landmine
  - Naval mine
Naval warfare – combat in and on seas and oceans
Computing
Small arms and firearms – a firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant