Strategic concepts for the Polish Navy in the light of recent maritime incidents.
ZBN Analysis no. 2 (41) / 2019
Strategic concepts for the Polish Navy in the light of recent maritime incidents.
„If a service does not posses a well defined strategic concept, the public and the political leaders will be confused as to the role of the service, uncertain as to the necessity of its existence and apathetic or hostile to the claims made by the service upon the resources of society.” These are the words from the essay National Policy and The Transoceanic Navy written in 1954 by Samuel P. Huntington. The degree of discussion on the strategy and - as a consequence of its adoption - the future shape of the Polish Navy seems to confirm the words of the American political scientist. The following text analyzes two concepts of Polish Navy modernization and it’s use in the state security system included in documents aspiring to strategic ranks. It is seen through the prism of incidents involving naval forces that have taken place in European waters in recent months.
Keywords: strategy, Polish Navy, maritime security
Photo: The Gowind 2500 corvette model presented at the International Defence Industry Fair in Kielce in 2018 (courtesy of the author).
