hasty attack

In land operations, an attack in which preparation time is traded for speed in order to exploit an opportunity. See also deliberate attack.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

References in periodicals archive

A hasty attack across a water obstacle from the march is preferred because it maintains the momentum of the advance, facilitates the seizure of bridgeheads, and allows the rapid occupation of the opposite shore or the securing of an assembly area for an upcoming operation.

A RUSSIAN APPROACH TO a Battalion Hasty River-crossing Assault

members and people around the globe to a hasty attack on Baghdad, with its ambassador saying in a speech delivered Tuesday at the UNSC that ''time is limited'' for Iraq to come clean about alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction.

3RD LD: Japan wants new resolution but not for Iraq attack

The first week is spent on engineer-specific doctrine, followed by 3 weeks of combat team garrison instruction and then a 2-week field training exercise with students leading combat team elements through a hasty attack.

U.S. and Canadian Army engineers: learn interoperability through an exchange program

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