Military Science Review

Lithuanian War of Independence

2024-05-14T13:54:36+02:00

Though the devastation of World War I had limited effect on the Lithuanian territory, the German occupation behind the front meant already a serious burden for the native population and a permanent difficulty for the local political leaders who tried to find balance between creating an independent statehood and collaborating with the occupants. Yet the state independence was not free for any group, and like in other regions of Eastern Europe the end of the world war did not mean the conclusion of struggles, but instead the multiplication of participating factions. In this article I attempt to introduce these events.

The Location of the Battle of Hastings

2024-09-20T09:48:06+02:00

In this essay, I tried to find the exact location of the Battle of Hastings. In the first part, I have examined the different theories about the location of the battle. After this, I have examined the different pieces of information in the chronicles and, with them, found the most probable place when it happened. Moreover, I used the events of another battle to strengthen my theory. Finally, I closed my essay with my conclusion.

THE WAR THAT WENT VIRAL: RUSSIAN – UKRAINIAN WAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA

2024-10-07T13:25:04+02:00

Our days are undeniably woven and defined by a single technical concept: social media. We find ourselves scrolling on our phones first thing in the morning, reading the news on the Facebook page, not from a newspaper - and not directly on their own website -, or on TikTok's ‘For You Page’. This phenomenon reached a new level on February 24, 2022, when the first "news" about the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not appear in the form of a newspaper article, but through pictures, videos and accounts posting content by eyewitnesses, residents and even military personnel amidst combat, on various social media platforms. The war had “gone viral” at once.

Meanwhile, so far, we implicated that social media can be useful for our modern society, such as its use in emergency response and social advocacy, but it can also be used for malicious activity and to commit crimes, but in that very moment proved that social media is the new tool of warfare.

Ultimately, what separates the wars of the 21st century from those of the past is the role of all types of media, especially social media (SM), real-time and near-real-time reporting has turned warfare into an interactive “spectator sport” for citizens; thus, the media has become an integral part of warfare and the modern battlefield.

The aim of this publication is to explore the place of social media in hybrid operations and to present its effects on the current war in Ukraine.

The SWOT Analysis of 3D Printing Capability in the Hungarian Defence Forces

2024-09-20T10:44:34+02:00

The purpose of the research presented in the article is to conduct a SWOT analysis of additive manufacturing technology, with a special focus on 3D printing capabilities within the Hungarian Defence Forces. In the first part of the paper, we introduce the most dynamically evolving type of additive manufacturing processes today, 3D printing technology, along with its properties and potential applications. Following this, we outline the strategic goals and the advantages that enhance supply security, which support the legitimacy of 3D printing as a manufacturing process in the execution of military tasks. In the main part of the paper, we present the SWOT analysis of 3D printing technology used in logistical tasks, which, among other things, provides an opportunity to explore further applications of the manufacturing process, as well as to address and minimise potential risks associated with the manufacturing technology.

How and to What Degree is Corruption Addressed in Security Strategies?

2024-09-20T10:00:10+02:00

The article reviews the latest scientific findings, including the most recent manifestations of corruption, and discusses the forms of strategic corruption employed in contemporary times. It scrutinizes the security strategies of the United States and the United Kingdom from the perspective of whether they consider corruption as a security factor and whether they include anti-corruption objectives. We will find out whether the security strategies and anti-corruption strategies of the two states isolate the phenomenon or whether there is a perceivable coherence between the strategic domains.

On the Nature of War: The Meaning of War

2024-07-04T12:27:04+02:00

Philosophical study of the nature of war is an attempt to define war. According to Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) the definition of war refers to the meaning of war, the nature of the applied violence, and the collective nature of war. The meaning of war, which is the principal concern of this article, is the general aim of war. According to Clausewitz and a standard approach to the question this aim is to settle a contest between states or other politically equal entities. However, other types of the meaning of war also appeared during the history of military science and in military history, in which the parties are not equal. This article comparatively concerns the other types of the meaning of war.

Transforming Military Command: The Relevance of Coup D’oeil

2024-07-16T14:16:38+02:00

The fundamental questions of military leadership remain unchanged during the last millennia: the decisive element of the success is the able military leader. In this work I scrutinize the works of the classical military writers to find out what they considered the good military leader to be, what attributes they considered to make the difference between good and bad general. The military authors of the 18-19. centuries, such as Clausewitz, considered the ability to make quick and sound decision to be this attribute. They identified this attribute, which they called the coup d’oeil, in the context of the relatively small-scale military engagements of their era. In my work I will demonstrate how this classical coup d’oeil can be interpreted in relation to the modern operating environment. The traditional coup d’oeil is coexisting with a digital and a multi-domain coup d’oeil, and I raise attention to the increasing role of these in the future’s continually digitalizing armies.