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Domainsmilitary refers to the distinct areas or spheres of operation within which military forces conduct their activities. These domains are typically conceptualized as land, sea, and air. Increasingly, a fourth domain, space, and a fifth, cyberspace, are recognized as critical areas for modern warfare and national security.

The land domain encompasses all terrestrial operations, including ground combat, troop movements, and the occupation of territory. This is the traditional and most historically significant domain of military engagement. The sea domain includes operations on and under the surface of oceans, seas, and other navigable waterways, covering naval warfare, maritime trade protection, and power projection from the sea. The air domain involves all activities within the Earth's atmosphere, including aerial combat, reconnaissance, transport, and air defense.

The inclusion of space as a military domain recognizes the growing reliance on satellites for communication, navigation, intelligence gathering, and early warning systems. Military activities in space are primarily focused on protecting these assets and potentially denying their use to adversaries. Cyberspace, the fifth domain, refers to the digital realm where information is created, stored, processed, and transmitted. Military operations in cyberspace involve offensive and defensive actions to disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy information and information systems of adversaries, as well as protecting friendly networks. The interconnectedness of these domains means that actions in one can have significant effects on others, leading to a concept of multi-domain operations.