conventional war

From now on, the US would be equipped to fight just one conventional war rather than two simultaneously.

从现在开始，美国装备力量将满足于只打一场常规战争，而不是同时打两场常规战争。

It was a conventional war.

这是一次常规战争。

If a conventional war broke out, which one of the two countries would win?

如果发生一场常规战争，这两个国家中哪个能取胜呢？

Under modern super science and technology conditions, how to active defence a local conventional war is our coming main army building thinking.

现代高科技条件下如何积极防御局部常规战争是我军未来的主要建军思想。

Rather than fighting a conventional war, America would need to contain Soviet hostility firmly and consistently over the long term.

美国需要坚定、持久地牵制苏联的敌对行动，而不是打一场传统类型的战争。

There must be a possibillty that a conventional war could go nuclear.

常规战争肯定有可能会演变成核战争。

Escalate a conventional war into an annihilating atomic war

把普通战争扩大为具毁灭性的原子战争