Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2007: 51-65

Operational SurroundingMilitary art

Ing. Antonín Krásný, CSc., plk. gšt. Ing. Oldřich Socha

The term "security", originally used for the defence of state/national territory, was surpassed by "global security", ranging from world's security situation to monitoring foreign conflicts with the deployment of pre-emptive actions in places with tides of violence, instability. This article describes mentioned complexity of current and future military operational environment dilemma: generally, armed forces are affected by multifaceted circumstances that have to be taken into account and mustn't be ignored or neglected during the preparation and performance of their mission. At present, threat spectrum is characterized by three key characteristics: dynamics, complexity, and lower importance of geographical area. The socalled Long Term Vision EU describes the future military environment which is divided into three components: humane (social), cybernetic (informational, computer, communication), physical (natural, geographic) and is bridging the gap between strategy and capabilities of forces.

Keywords: actors,security threats,security environment,global security,operational environment

Published: June 15, 2007  Show citation

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Krásný, A., & Socha, G.O. (2007). Operational Surrounding. Czech Military Review88(2), 51-65
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