Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted with specialized military capabilities to seize, destro
y, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments is called _____. It differs from other offensive actions in the level of diplomatic or political risk, the operational techniques employed, and the degree of discriminate and precise use of force to achieve specific objectives.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that this is called direct action. Like mentioned in the question, Direct Action is a political activist term which refers to a government/military use their power (whether it be economic or physical) in order to directly reach a certain goal or interest as opposed to manipulation and/or negotiation with other authority figures.
