Editing Fortification (section)

==Forts==
[[File:Fortaleza Ozama RD 11 2017 6495.jpg|thumb|The [[Fortaleza Ozama|Ozama Fortress]] in [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic is recognized by UNESCO for being the oldest military construction of European origin in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/526|title=Colonial City of Santo Domingo. Outstanding Universal Value|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre website}}</ref>]]

Forts in modern American usage often refer to space set aside by governments for a permanent military facility; these often do not have any actual fortifications, and can have specializations (military barracks, administration, medical facilities, or intelligence).

However, there are some modern fortifications that are referred to as forts. These are typically small semipermanent fortifications. In urban combat, they are built by upgrading existing structures such as houses or public buildings. In field warfare they are often log, sandbag or [[gabion]] type construction.

Such forts are typically only used in low-level conflicts, such as counterinsurgency conflicts or very low-level conventional conflicts, such as the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]], which saw the use of log forts for use by forward [[platoon]]s and [[Company (military unit)|companies]]. The reason for this is that static above-ground forts cannot survive modern direct or indirect fire weapons larger than mortars, RPGs and small arms.