Editing Fortification (section)

====Counterinsurgency====
Just as in colonial periods, comparatively obsolete fortifications are still used for low intensity conflicts. Such fortifications range in size from small patrol bases or [[forward operating base]]s up to huge [[airbase]]s such as [[Camp Bastion]]/[[Camp Leatherneck|Leatherneck]] in [[Afghanistan]]. Much like in the 18th and 19th century, because the enemy is not a powerful military force with the heavy weaponry required to destroy fortifications, walls of [[gabion]], [[sandbag]] or even simple mud can provide protection against small arms and antitank weapons—although such fortifications are still vulnerable to mortar and artillery fire.