Sri Lanka's military defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2004.
 Militarism is sometimes contrasted with the concepts of comprehensive national power, soft power and hard power
The meaning of military tactics has changed over time; from the deployment and manoeuvring of entire land armies on the fields of ancient battles, and galley fleets; to modern use of small unit ambushes, encirclements, bombardment attacks, frontal assaults, air assaults, hit-and-run tactics used mainly by guerrilla forces, and, in some cases, suicide attacks on land and at sea

