How Again Did David Thrash Goliath?

Isn't it interesting?

The legendary one-to-one fight between the teenager David and generalissimo Goliath was certainly a mismatch. This is a classical asymmetric warfare that has not ceased to amaze military intelligence to date.

Asymmetric warfare is a military term to describe warfare in which the two belligerents are mismatched in their military capabilities or accustomed methods of engagement such that the militarily disadvantaged power must press its special advantages or effectively exploit its enemy's particular weaknesses if they are to have any hope of prevailing.

Ok, back to David and Goliath.

David won.

How? David was smarter. He was able to read the direction the war would go, and outpace the general by reinventing the combat tactics.

Goliath should have won. Naturally, you would say.

He lost. He was too conventional. Sword battle involved close engagement. David predicted this pattern. Goliath would rely on his skill in the use of sword, shield, spear, etc to snuff life out of him.

David shocked Goliath. He turnaround his disadvantage - incompetence in sword battle and turn the table around in his favour.

Instead of a close-engagement warfare, he engaged Goliath at a distance. He mounted his attack from a distance, using the unconventional tactic of a slingshot rather than the sword.

He combined speed with agility and accuracy.

Thud. Goliath was dead on delivery.

Learn something new?

Go ahead fight your asymmetric warfare. But, do not forget to win.