Charakter przyszłych operacji militarnych

The changes of threats in the contemporary world cause the necessity to organise operations different from those after the end of the Cold War. Modern operations should be adequate to real threats. Therefore a different model of operations is required. The changes in conditions of organising and conducting operations prove the necessity of the revaluation of their existing definitions. An operation is an organisational form of supporting political goals of a country using methods and tools of armed fighting. Due to the criteria aim and the effect exerted on political goals, war, crisis management and peace operations can be distinguished. However, any troops activities within an operation are treated as operational activities, the aim of which is to achieve the military aim directly or indirectly. Contemporary and future operations are required: to be legal due to the international law, to minimise losses of both conflict parties, be short, to integrate the efforts of all its participants, to protect military activities in a complex way, to provide comprehensive logistic support, to include civil governmental and non-governmental institutions’ participation. Such requirements for future operations result from the necessity to decrease the armed fighting escalation and the necessity to resolve conflicts avoiding war.