Posted:
11.05.2023 11:38:00
To keep the skies peaceful
About the present and future of the Belarusian army
In the days of the celebration of the Great Victory in the war over Nazi Germany, we are talking about the Armed Forces of Belarus. About soldiers, sergeants, warrant officers, officers and generals. About the patriots of their country. As well as about all those who defend our Motherland and its borders 24/7. Who, without waiting for the first call, is ready to join the ranks. About pilots and tankers, about special forces and infantry, about rocketmen and gunners, about anti-aircraft gunners and EW forces... About their work. About their merit. About what makes our army stronger and the state more secure.
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How our Armed Forces are getting stronger is perhaps best seen with the help of the ‘before/after’ approach. It was very powerful. And it became even more powerful. National security expert Aleksandr Tishchenko emphasises: it is the army that is currently the most actively reformed and trained structure of national security. Moreover, in order to correspond to the realities of the time, it has to study continuously. Wars and methods of their conduct have gone beyond the old standards. Modern weapons, new tactics and strategy — all this requires an appropriate level of not only the equipment of the troops, but also their training.The Suvorov principle applies here: to learn what is necessary in a war. Our country is undoubtedly ready to support any peace initiatives, but we also understand that if you want peace, prepare for war.
The ability to perform tasks, to be ready for various scenarios, was described by the expert from different angles.
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Military expert Nikolai Buzin speaks about the current tasks of our army and other defence and law enforcement agencies, their training, combat readiness and combat capability in the context of the National Security Concept being updated today.
“The main external sources of military threat for us are armed provocations from the territory of foreign states, calls for the use of military force against Belarus, the creation of non-state armed formations abroad for military activities on the territory of Belarus. In addition, we cannot discount the destruction of the international military security architecture, the unleashing of an arms race, the militarisation of neighbouring states... We, adequately assessing everything that happens near our borders, formulate our own view on countering these threats,” Nikolai Buzin specifies.
When we talk about protecting our borders, we mean strategic deterrence. It is its elements, Nikolai Buzin emphasises, that are the basis of the Belarusian military policy, “This is the development of our own Armed Forces, and the preparation of the country to repel possible aggression, and the development of our own military-industrial complex, capable of fully providing itself with everything necessary, and joining unions, and the formation in the state of readiness to defend its country, the creation of a system for responding to crisis situations, as well as the preparation of territorial defence.”
At the same time, Nikolai Buzin recalls that military security is only one of the elements of national security. If industry, agriculture, science, technology are not developed, if we do not have a society that is ready to repel threats, then military security will never be ensured, “In any case, the strength of the military organisation of our state lies in the fact that it stays ahead and aims for the future.”
We have already made things as clear as a bell regarding hybrid war that is now going on in the world. How did our Armed Forces become stronger? Due to the serious attention from the state, sufficient funding for the relevant areas, targeted rearmament. In addition, in recent years we have managed to make sure that every government body knows what to do in a crisis situation, and society consolidates.
State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Aleksandr Volfovich,
“The current generation of servicemen of all defence and law enforcement agencies of the military organisation of the state is able and ready to repulse any aggressor in the most difficult conditions of the military-political situation in the world, as well as around the Republic of Belarus. Be sure: today the servicemen are able to protect their people, their land.”
“Our task is to prepare to defend our country in such a way that it would never be possible to attack it... We do not threaten anyone, but simply want to live peacefully, work and raise children... If necessary, we will also have strategic nuclear weapons. And we are already engaged in the preparation of our existing sites. Moreover, if the hostile rhetoric continues, that will be the next step. We will respond to force only with force. Because the West does not understand the other policy.”
Belarusian military industry: in line with the times
In 2022, the Armed Forces of Belarus received more than 500 units of new types of weapons, military and special equipment, as well as auxiliary equipment.
Among the novelties are:
• strike unmanned aerial complex Loitering Pipe and Quadro-1400;
• mobile three-coordinate dual-band radar complex Vostok;
• combat and transport-loading vehicles of the upgraded Uragan-M multiple launch rocket system;
• VHF radio R-181-TR;
• software-defined portable VHF radio R-181-TP;
• mobile information complex PIK-2021.
The development of the Kvetka electronic warfare complex, which has unique characteristics, has been completed. Its sample was put into service at the beginning of this year.
Reformatting of the Armed Forces
— The choice of brigade formation with an emphasis on mobility, where special operations and rapid reaction forces are key in modern warfare is an excellent example of military foresight.
Equipment
— The equipment of our Armed Forces has raised the level of combat readiness and readiness to repulse the most brazen attacks against Belarus to the maximum. This includes aviation, tanks, and missile systems of modern generations and modifications.
Polonezes, Iskanders and S-400s on combat duty are our military-political body armour.
Belarusian crews and squads are fully trained in their use. The domestic military industry in this situation also turned out to be on top. Our forte is the modification of armoured vehicles, air defence systems and salvo fire. Small arms are entering mass production, and ammunition tasks are being solved. The positions of electronic warfare and UAVs have proven themselves well.
— They are constantly honed in the exercises of both the Belarusian army and within the framework of the regional grouping of troops of the Union State and the CSTO. Our task is to maintain a guaranteed level of security on the outer circuit. And the Belarusian side succeeds in this despite constant provocations on the border and near it.
Personnel and reserve
— We also took into account all the nuances of mobilisation activities in Russia and Ukraine. Indeed, we do not need mobilisation now, regular forces provide the country’s military capabilities at the present stage, but the mechanism has been worked out. Our fighters and commanders are characterised by their readiness for self-giving and self-sacrifice for the sake of the Motherland, the high level of training, as well as the social security of servicemen and their families. The ‘army with the people’ principle has returned to life again.
Patriotism
— We are now preparing for service in the army and readiness to defend our country from school. Priority attention is paid to patriotic education based on historical memory. Patriotic classes are being opened in schools, specialised lyceums are being created. The leaders of military-patriotic education are back in business.
By Dmitry Umpirovich
