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The purpose of this paper is to present a historical outline of defence against air assets and its development over the years. The authors discuss the goal and tasks that anti-aircraft defence performs in the protection of a country’s airspace. An important present aspect is that anti-aircraft defence systems support Armed Forces in protecting territories of their countries. It is in the United States...
W niniejszym artykule, autorka precyzuje podejście do działań o charakterze hybrydowym, prezentując ich istotę oraz analizując ich elementy składowe. Artykuł oparty jest na jawnej części raportów dotyczących kontrwywiadu krajów bałtyckich i prezentuje rosyjskie działania przeprowadzone w krajach bałtyckich w pierwszej oraz drugiej fazie działań hybrydowych.
Recent armed conflicts provide a clear outline of the character and direction of conducted actions. The amount of heavy military equipment no longer guarantees efficiency in antiguerrilla operations, which are characterized predominantly by asymmetry. Overcoming terrain barriers in land operations has been achieved mainly by the use of helicopters. The emergence of such effective flying vehicles forced...
The aim of this paper is to discuss, in a systematic way, how the number of soldiers and military structure changed in the post-war history of Poland’s Armed Forces. Also, selected findings have been presented from research conducted among post-graduate students and course participants, who voiced their opinion concerning soldiers’ mobility within the structure of the armed forces.
It is accepted that Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, which was launched on 2 Aug 1990, started the largest armed conflict since World War II. This conflict certainly surpassed the Korean and Vietnam War in the number of countries that were involved, as well as the assembled forces and combat assets. There were intelligent weapons used of significant killing power and deadly accuracy; there were also utilized...
The aim of the paper is to analyse the history of the idea of hybrid war as a new type of military activity and to make a synthesis that concerns waging warfare understood as “being conducted with someone else’s hands" or "vicarious warfare," using national minorities, complicated mechanisms of distorting reality and disinformation in order to achieve particular goals with regard to...
The aim of this article is to analyse the evolution of the American CRAF (Civil Reserve Air Fleet) programme as well as the reasons for implementation of this type of civil-military cooperation and its advantages. In addition, Polish legal files relating to this type of cooperation and the possibilities of domestic carriers have been briefly discussed.
Offset is a common tool which is used all over the world. It allows a country which is purchasing foreign armament to request some compensation form the seller when its needs concerning essential security interests cannot be met by domestic industry. Such compensation can take various forms. Poland has almost 20 years of experience in utilising offset. The aim of this paper is to present the legal...
The paper refers to the ensuing problem of lack of authorities of governmental aviation in Poland. The aim of the study is to show the most significant reasons for establishing an institution supervising Polish governmental aviation. The discussed problem appears important as the activity of governmental aviation is directed towards ensuring security of the state and its citizens, inviolability of...
The paper contains findings from the author’s research conducted between 2015 and 2017. The aim of the research was to determine the level of professional preparation of commanding personnel and general staff of Land Forces and to show its influence on land forces’ operational capability. The author presents the fundamental determinants of the operational capability, highlighting the significance...
The paper outlines the tasks of the Territorial Defence Force as well as presenting the schedule of forming Territorial Defence Force brigades. The further part of the paper explains the concepts of motivating, motivation, and motive, showing fundamental differences between them. Next, the author discusses theories of motivation, selected from the literature, i.e. the Theory of Needs by Abraham Maslow...
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