Rozważania o współczesnej obronie
Journal Title: Zeszyty Naukowe Akademii Sztuki Wojennej - Year 2010, Vol 2010, Issue 1
Abstract
The article contains the author's considerations referring to conducting defensive operations on the tactical level. The issues under discussion concerning contemporary defence show that in spite of the change of character of contemporary combat operations and the development of fighting assets, the right choice of operation terrain, manoeuvre and respecting the principles of the art of war remain the key determinant to achieve success in defence. Furthermore, it is worth noticing that the differences between defensive and offensive operations tend to disappear. Due to the new fighting assets, the defender may decide on the place and time of its breaking out, in a way pre-emptive to the striker's actions. In the author's opinion, contemporary defence may be effective thanks to its resistance to the opponents ' activities in the whole area of the defender's responsibility. It gains the key importance to ensure freedom of operation in that area which will be achieved by combining the activity, stability, cohesion, life-span, information acquisition and other factors joined by the commander's single common key thought in his area of defence. The article also stresses the necessity to draw conclusions resulting from contemporary armed conflicts necessary to forecast hypothetical scenarios of the defensive operation character in the future. The Russian - Georgian conflict is an excellent example, therefore the author refers to some aspects of that armed confrontation.
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Wojciech Więcek
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