I think the idea of "asymmetric warfare" is well established and it fits totally your description. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare https://en.

I think the idea of "asymmetric warfare" is well established and it fits totally your description. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare Sure, there will always be people who think this not "real" war. But that's an irrelevant classification detail to the belligerents or the people caught up in the collateral damage.