Hybrid warfare The essence, structure and course of the conflict
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The book analyzes the phenomenon of hybrid wars as third-generation conflicts. The publication discusses the genesis of conflicts, the course as well as aspects related to combating these phenomena and indicates methods of prevention. The author intends to present the issues of hybrid warfare in a comprehensive manner and at the same time practical. This publication is the result of research and the author's practices in the area of asymmetric conflicts.
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Hybrid warfare The essence, structure and course of the conflict - Slawomir Turkowski
Hybrid warfare
The essence, structure
and course of the conflict
Slawomir Turkowski
cid:34d79fbd-fbce-43f4-8a5d-48d209c60aa3@enea.plWARSAW 2021
Warszawa 2020
Hybrid warfare
The essence, structure
and course of the conflict
Slawomir Turkowski
Edition I
© Copyright by Slawomir Turkowski
ISBN: 978-83-935855-9-5
Warsaw 2021
ADMISSION
The events of the last decade clearly prove that the current conflicts diametrically differ from those with which we have dealt in the last few decades. Technology development, changes in the balance of power, as well as the acquired military experience and the awareness of the operational capabilities of conventional troops, have created a new type of danger, which is hybrid war. This type of combat is the most characteristic type of asymmetric conflict.
This publication aims to analyze the degree of Euro-Atlantic security, an attempt to present the essence of hybrid wars and to indicate methods and ways of reacting and preventing actions that constitute a hybrid threat from the Russian Federation.
This type of conflict has irreversibly changed both the methods of military action and the spectrum of means that are used in these conflicts. New methods of combat have emerged, strategies of conducting military operations have changed to a large extent, and the principles on which the state security policy has been conducted so far have become obsolete. Today, having an advantage in terms of the number of weapons you have is no guarantee of defeating your opponent. A modern army, forced to fight in difficult terrain, known to the local population and poorly armed enemy soldiers, faces a rather daunting task in a situation where the methods that the enemy will use against it will be unconventional.
Asymmetric actions, which break the methods of military operations used so far, constitute a challenge for operational troops and force them to use previously unused tools and methods of combat. Course and the nature of contemporary armed conflicts indicate that the process of change in the conduct of hostilities, it will undergo further rapid development.
Therefore, the phenomenon of asymmetric conflict in the contemporary battlefield requires ongoing analyzes to fully understand such a broad issue. The events in Ukraine came as a kind of surprise to many experienced military theorists. Russian policy has proved, however, that the threats previously treated as strictly theoretical have become a fact. And this is against the provisions of international law and public opinion. Of course, the propaganda war waged by the mass media makes it difficult to understand both the causes and the course of the conflict. Their methodology clearly goes beyond typical military operations. Technological progress and globalization, apart from amenities, also entail threats. Information systems are vulnerable not only to failures but also to attacks of a scale and the degree of danger is increasing every year.
The aim of the publication is an attempt to analyze the conflict model, which is a hybrid war, to present its structure and concept, the course of its individual phases, as well as to discuss the spectrum of threats related to this type of conflict and methods of prevention. The study is also an attempt to define the phenomenon of hybrid activities and to raise awareness of the scale of the dangers it entails. The book is also a contribution to the redefinition of some of the hitherto notions related to the conduct of hostilities. The publication also aims to build awareness of asymmetric conflicts in the area of predicting and preventing such phenomena.
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The genesis of hybrid warfares
Recent armed conflicts are constantly changing. New technologies bring new, previously unknown methods of operation. It is impossible not to notice that the task of hybrid operations is to achieve the goal without conducting classic military operations, which in the literature is often referred to as victory without a battle
. The definitions of external threats used so far were unambiguous and did not have to be subjected to any modifications due to strict criteria and premises. This is because rarely when trying to determine the type and degree of risk, the so called non-military options.
Currently, we are dealing with recurring asymmetric conflicts with unconventional activities that require remedial measures in a much wider area than in the case of a conventional