Friendly fire

Friendly fire is an assault by a military drive on neighborly constrains while endeavoring to assault the foe, either misidentifying the focus as antagonistic, or because of lapses or error. Such assaults regularly cause damage or demise. Fire not expected to assault the foe, for example, careless or malevolent release, or conscious terminating on one's own troops for disciplinary reasons, is not called inviting blaze. Nor is unintentional mischief to non-soldiers or structures, now and then alluded to as blow-back.

Utilization of the expression "benevolent" in a military setting for partnered work force or materiel dates from the First World War, regularly for shells missing the mark. The term benevolent blaze was initially embraced by the United States military. A lot of people North Atlantic Treaty Organization militaries allude to these episodes as blue on blue, which determines from military exerciseswhere powers were recognized by blue flags and units speaking to Warsaw Pact compels by orange flags.