AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF COMBAT IDENTIFICATION OF UNITS IN COMBAT

Author(s):  
O. Rudkovsky ◽  
A. Chernenko ◽  
P. Vankevych ◽  
V. Smychok

The article considers the main causes of the emergence, due to objective and subjective reasons, the negative situation, when the troops bear losses from the blows of their own or allied forces, as well as measures that senior commanders (chiefs) are required to take to minimize them. Existing methods and methods of designating their units in the conditions of mass cluster of personnel and combat equipment, with actions in a limited combat space, are investigated. The urgent need to designate not only the strike forces of assault aircraft, but also the units of the ground forces, including each unit of military equipment and personnel (to a separate soldier), was substantiated. The military doctrine of combat recognition in the armed forces of NATO member states is considered as the uniform standard of combat identification of military forces of coalition forces operating on the battlefield, which establishes a common algorithm of action for all Allied troops. The efficiency of using separate means and methods by day, at night and in conditions of insufficient visibility is investigated; existing limitations in the use of recognition and identification signals that are related to the human factor and the technical capabilities of the means of recognizing soldiers, as in the case of pedestrian operations on the technique in the context of a quick battle. The main methods and methods of application of the system that reduce the ability to dismount troops while conducting observation by the enemy are determined, but in their turn, they do not limit the reliability of identification of goals. The analysis of the prospects of combining the means of combat identification on the battlefield into a single integrated system, ways of its further development with the subsequent integration of individual elements into the set of combat equipment and armament of the soldier was carried out. The focus is on the main directions of creating a unified guide on the use of forms and methods for identifying objectives for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the development of elements of such a unified system by the domestic military-industrial complex for the provision of units of the ground forces.

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2(64)) ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
L.E. Kupinets ◽  
T.S. Obniavko

The place of Ukraine's territory and its military-economic potential in the accumulation in the European region of a large number of troops, naval forces, military equipment and armaments, powerful enterprises, institutions and organizations of defense purposes, which have a negative impact on the environment are determined; �ontaminated and continues to be contaminated the main components of the environment: soil, surface and groundwater, atmosphere air. The basic principles of internal policy in the field of national security and defense are indicated. The transition of the military-industrial complex and the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the "green" model of development is substantiated. The role of the military-industrial complex in the environmental pollution is proved. It is shown that the domestic defense industry has some scientific, technical and production capabilities to create competitive armament and military equipment, but significantly behind in the implementation of environmental standards and ecology-oriented technology and is not a leader in the new global transition to the "green" economy and the "green" growth. It is proved that in the course of reforming the military-industrial complex, its reconversion, the destruction of outdated ammunition, wastes of military production and military products, and in the event of non-compliance with environmental requirements, should expect the deterioration of the ecological state of the territory. Considered the main innovational directions, which provide an increase of the degree of ecologization of the military economy and form a technological "green" jump in the specified sphere of activity: introduction of alternative types of energy into the activities of defense enterprises and army units; creation of weapons based on "green" technologies, using of "smart" clothing. Substantiated the prospects of further researches, which consists in defining the goals, objectives, principles, directions and approaches of ecologization of the military-industrial complex and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assessment and classification of eco-friendly technologies, development of high-tech competitive industries, rational re-engineering of the military-industrial complex, development of mechanisms and tools for the ecologically oriented development and transition to the "green" technological model.


2020 ◽  
pp. 50-57
Author(s):  
Taras Kravets

The purpose of the article is to analyze the existing approaches to understanding the terms military sphere, military-industrial complex, defense-industrial complex, security and defense sector, military sector, determining the positioning of the military sphere and its position relative to other natural-geographical areas, joints and overlaps, identification of its functions and problems that interfere with proper functioning. Development of directions and prospects for the development of the military sphere and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in general. Method. The research was conducted on the basis of the analysis of available literature sources on this topic and the application of a spherical approach to the analysis of the positioning of the military sphere and the definition of its components. The available domestic and foreign literary sources and the ratio of these concepts within this literature are studied. Results. Theoretical and methodological problems of comparing concepts related to the military sphere and their interchangeability and interconnectedness are studied. The scheme of correlation of concepts of military sphere, defense-industrial complex and military-industrial complex is offered. Based on the spherical approach, we propose a scheme of the military sphere, which we consider as a sphere formed within the geosphere at the junction of social and natural spheres, at the intersection of demographic, informational, spiritual, environmental, technical, economic, political and social spheres. Within each oblast forming the sphere, three main sectors with the greatest influence on the military sphere are singled out. Six main functions of the sphere are singled out and arranged in order of importance on the basis of the proposed scheme. Scientific novelty. The need for this study is due to the fact that despite the fact that since 2014 and to date, fighting has been going on in the east of our country, in many universities the discipline of military geography and related disciplines is being stolen, the term military sphere has not been proposed. clear positioning of the military sphere among other social spheres. To date, the functions performed by the military sphere and the factors contributing to the improvement and development of this sphere have not been determined, which is what led to the implementation of this study. Practical meaning. Based on modeling and analysis, the main areas that affect the military sphere as such and to what extent are identified, the areas of greatest influence and sectors of influence within the regions are identified. The functions of the military sphere and the main factors influencing its development and transformation are highlighted, as well as what measures need to be implemented to improve the situation. The results of the research are developed for planning by the state structures of the program of development of the military sphere and for teaching the discipline "Military Geography". The geographical features of the military sphere are singled out, to which the greatest attention should be paid when analyzing the transformation of the military sphere.


Author(s):  
Mark R. Wilson

Since 1945, chapter 4 argues the American military has been privatized and de-militarized. The armed forces became less responsible for weapons production and global logistics. The Pentagon has relied increasingly upon commercial vendors and private contractors to occupy the Oval Office and has followed President Herbert Hoover’s call for the expansion of private enterprise in military affairs.


Author(s):  
И. Гаврилова ◽  
I. Gavrilova

The first persons of the state are interested in the projects on creation of the latest models of military equipment; however, in the official sources they also mention the upcoming diversification (conversion) of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC). In the organization of business processes of enterprises are using software that ensure the operation of individual units. Their main drawback is isolation. At the head of the project is the head in the person of the chief (General) designer. As a rule, he is not interested in individual economic or financial issues. Information on the progress of the project should be provided in a comprehensive manner to promptly resolve problematic issues. The article proposes a hierarchy of project management tools based on the principle of «matryoshka dolls».


2020 ◽  
Vol 153 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Jarosław Nawrotek

Defence industry may be defined as a system of factories and organisations developing, manufacturing and selling military equipment, weapons and ammunition. In the case of the Russian Federation the terminology of “defence industry” and “military industry” is often used as an equivalent to the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC). The Military-Industrial Complex is a segment of the state industry involved in manufacture of the military equipment and performance of research-development projects in the defence sector. Typical feature of the Military-Industrial Complex is that the state is always its customer. Level of development for the Russian MIC plays a crucial role for maintaining the safety of the state and beside the supplies for the army it is responsible in a great degree for technical equipment of main segments of economy (medicine, transport, education, fuelenergetic complex, etc.). The governing board of the MIC in-cludes 18 persons led by the President of Russian Federation - Vladimir Putin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 152 (4) ◽  
pp. 105-126
Author(s):  
Jarosław NAWROTEK

Russia has been for many years one of main producers and exporters of arms and military equipment. But even if the Russian Military-industrial Complex still maintains a leading position, there is at least one domain where it was forced to quit positions kept during the Soviet Union and does not present any new achievements. The question refers to firearms where relatively low costs of manufacture are transformed on a few percentage share in the world arms trade. This market has a significant symbolic meaning for Russia despite of its modest financial dimension. Military operations require a deployment of infantry with its firearms, independently on state of the art technology of the arms used by the armies. Beside the armed forces, the firearms are used by special and antiterrorist services, police, border and coastal guards, and also by the structures dedicated for fighting the drugs trafficking.


2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Ceccorulli ◽  
Fabrizio Coticchia

The international context seems to be increasingly exposed to multidimensional and transnational challenges, ranging from irregular migration and piracy to the violation of basic human rights. Rather than excluding a potential role for the military, many European states rely on it to face a complex security scenario. What are the reasons behind this activism? Taking Italy as a case study, this article works out two main arguments (ideational factors and interests relating to the so-called military–industrial complex) and tries to intercept their weight in the national debate leading to the decision to intervene militarily (or not) in Sri Lanka (2004–05), Haiti (2010), and in the Central Mediterranean (2015–). Ultimately, this effort contributes to understanding the role of the military instrument in Italy, a state particularly exposed to the new challenges ahead, and offers tools for research to be potentially applied in other countries that make similar use of armed forces to deal with non-conventional security threats.


Author(s):  
V. Dvorkin

In the present article, methodical guidelines and some specific approaches aimed at the military-technical cooperation efficiency improvement and Russia's status reinforcement are suggested. Problems of the above-mentioned multidimensional cooperation expansion and strengthening, possibilities of their solving are examined. The condition of the domestic military-industrial complex, the degree of the Russian armament and military equipment competitiveness, Russian military efficiency standard are investigated.


Author(s):  
O. Didych

ndustry of our state. Its core components include rocket, aircraft and shipbuilding plants, aircraft and ship engine-building, armored vehicles and radio-electronic equipment, ammunition and special chemicals, repair services. Nowadays the main requirement for the national military-industrial complex which has been focused on the export of its products for many years, is to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations in armaments and military equipment quickly and efficiently.But the implementation of the main function of the military-industrial complex is hampered by both chronic problems of the defense industry (a small number of closed research-production cycles for the development and manufacture of weapons, depreciation of industrial equipment and outdated technologies, lack of human, financial, material resources, a large number of counterparties) and new challenges, for the successful overcoming of which, it is necessary to take a number of measures at the legislative level to reform the military-industrial complex and create appropriate conditions for its development, to attract private partners who could provide significant assistance to the defense industry in Ukraine in solving current tasks and related problems due to active implementation of various projects in the military-industrial sphere within the framework of public-private partnership. This is what actualizes the issue of this study.Recent research and publications analysis. The analysis of national and international publications showed that the issues connected with the topic of research are currently covered in the studies of many authors, namely: A. Kalyaev, Y. Shimov, T. Korolyuk, Y. Gusev, A. Abramovichus, M. Zhorokhov and other scientists. However, issues related to the problems of the development of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and ways of overcoming them have not been studied sufficiently. Highlighting previously unsettled parts of the general problem. The purpose and objectives of the article are to analyze the problems of development of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine as an important component of the country's security as well as to identify ways of improving the situation in the field of the military-industrial complex.Paper main body. Nowadays, in order to defeat the aggressor – Russia, defense enterprises need to unite their assets, resources or technologies. We have been at war for 7 years and during all this period of time each defense enterprise has been strengthening the defense capabilities of our country seperately, because the current legislation which regulates the work of Ukroboronprom does not allow them to get united. The reform of Ukroboronprom will allow enterprises to achieve better results in the production of weapons and military equipment by getting their assets, resources and technologies united. And this in its turn will help simplify and reduce the cost of production processes.Reforming of Ukroboronprom makes it possible to attract foreign direct investments, to create additional value for our products. The Ukrainian military-industrial complex will become an attractive and reliable partner in domestic and foreign markets. The league of defense enterprises will give an opportunity to establish a full cycle of production: precision-guided munitions, radars, ammunition and special chemicals, armored vehicles as well as aircraft and ship repair services.Conclusions of the research and prospects for further studies. The given analysis makes it possible to find out that the future of the Ukrainian military- industrial complex depends on foreign investors, who, despite the war, are providing financial resources for the development and modernization of armaments.Ukraine will benefit from cooperation with foreign investors as all developments will remain the intellectual property of Ukrainian companies. This allows developing samples of military armaments.The current situation with military exports is not hopeless. There are some branches where Ukraine can compete with Russia or Eastern Europe. Everything will depend on the efficiency of Ukroboronprom's top managers and private initiative as small companies have been given the opportunity to enter foreign markets without total control by the state monopolist.The successfully implemented reforms of Ukroboronprom will provide an opportunity to bring defense enterprises as well as design bureaus of Ukraine to life by attracting investments. In fact, they will be attracted by a defense company which will replace the current Ukroboronprom. As long as our companies continuously manufacture, modernize and repair armaments for the needs of our army as the main internal customer, the defense company mentioned above will act as a corporate center or a strategic architect of the entire reform. That is, it will help to get the corporate model of management "on the rails" without stopping the production .Thus, the defense company will take the leadership in all transformations, will control and be responsible for the realisation of the strategy, business plans, the implementation of the established rules and policies. But above all, it will help state-owned defense enterprises to make a quantum leap into the future that has already come.


2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zaklina Spalevic ◽  
Zeljko Bjelajac ◽  
Dusko Dimitrijevic

The aim of this paper is to highlight the great social danger resulting from uncontrolled trade in arms and military equipment. A large number of terrorist attacks in the world show that uncontrolled arms trade is a growing problem for international security. In order to provide the same protection, the problem of uncontrolled arms and military equipment, which is the major international business, should be viewed from several aspects. To this end, after defining weapons, their production and trade, the authors have presented one of the ways the leading companies in the military-industrial complex provide themselves a market for sale of arms and military equipment, thus creating the conditions that contribute to expanding of their military companies. As the world?s largest exporters of arms and military equipment the United States, Russia and China give a short historical account of their arms trafficking. Then, considering the fact that the amount of weapons would unlikely diminish, the authors have pointed out that states should find a way to control the movement of weapons in the world preventing terrorist to take hold of them.


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