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Nasir khan Posted 6 years ago
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Spiraling of the escalation matrix

Chief in suggestive and provocative remarks, had on Wednesday said that the situation could escalate any time and that the army was prepared for the spiraling of the escalation matrix

Here someone can define underlined line in easy way. I think Escalation mean is bad situation or deteriorating situation.

Escalation matrix ?

  

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This is not everyday English. It seems to be jargon used by military strategists. In the theory of military strategies, the situation can be described in a matrix (a table) of conditions.

  • This is not everyday English.
  • It seems to be jargon used by military strategists.
  • In the theory of military strategies, the situation can be described in a matrix (a table) of conditions.
  • One dimension on the matrix may be the tension between the adversaries ranging from peace to all-out hostility.
  • One stage on that dimension is "increasing tensions".
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This is not everyday English.

It seems to be jargon used by military strategists. In the theory of military strategies, the situation can be described in a matrix (a table) of conditions. One dimension on the matrix may be the tension between the adversaries ranging from peace to all-out hostility. One stage on that dimension is "increasing tensions". "Spiraling" means that the situatio

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