THE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS – CAN IT BE AN INNOVATION ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD? CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM CONFLICT IN UKRAINE FOR THE POLISH MILITARY FORCES Cover Image

LATAJĄCE SYSTEMY BEZZAŁOGOWE – INNOWACJA NA WSPÓŁCZESNYM POLU WALKI? WNIOSKI DLA POLSKICH SIŁ ZBROJNYCH PŁYNĄCE Z KONFLIKTÓW NA UKRAINIE
THE UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS – CAN IT BE AN INNOVATION ON THE MODERN BATTLEFIELD? CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM CONFLICT IN UKRAINE FOR THE POLISH MILITARY FORCES

Author(s): Błażej Sajduk
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Evaluation research, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: unmanned aerial systems; Ukraine; Poland;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to analyze the influence of Armed and Unarmed Unmanned Aerial Systems (A/U AUS) on military forces of medium powers like Poland in the near future (by 2030). The author claims that small and medium unarmed platforms are the future of this technology and that conflict in Ukraine seems to prove the observation. The New emerging producers of AUAS, like China will also significantly influence the speed of drone proliferation around the countries of the Second and the Third world.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 148-156
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish