Contents.Description A swift and targeted attack with the aim of minimum collateral damage to the nearby areas and civilians is a surgical strike. Neutralization of targets with surgical strikes also prevents escalation to a full-blown war. Surgical strike attacks can be carried out via air strike, airdropping special ops teams or a swift ground operation or by sending special troops.is another example of a surgical strike carried out by aircraft – it can be contrasted against, the latter which results in high collateral damage and a wide range of destruction over an affected area which may or may not include high civilian casualties.
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The bombing of during the initial stages of the by US forces, known as ' is an example of a coordinated surgical strike, where government buildings and military targets were systematically attacked by US aircraft in an attempt to cripple the controlled Iraqi government under.Examples Israel Israel's of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak is considered a prime example of a surgical strike.Its in Uganda, through which Israeli passengers were freed from a hijacked plane, is also mentioned as a successful surgical strike. Even though it did not involve taking out targets, striking deep inside foreign territory, covering 5,000 miles from start to finish without engagement with any other forces, qualified it to be 'surgical'. United States The United States carried out numerous in Afghanistan using. It also used the same technology against a purported chemical weapons facility in. See also.References.