Opportunities and Problems in Improving the Protection of Critical Infrastructure Objects in Modern Conditions

Abstract

The aggressive war against Ukraine makes it clear that the hopes of mankind that future wars will take place in the form of low-intensity conflicts, but rather in the economic, informational spheres without the use of military force, turned out to be in vain. Russia has demonstrated that such seemingly wild actions for the modern civilized world as the seizure of territories, the destruction of cities, attempts to destroy the statehood and self-consciousness of nations will remain relevant as long as autocratic regimes exist and there are no effective international mechanisms that would make any armed aggression impossible. Consequently, the issue of protecting territories and infrastructure in the face of large-scale aggression using the entire list of available types of means of armed struggle will, unfortunately, be relevant in the near future. The article analyzes the recent massive attacks on infrastructure facilities and modern technologies of air defense weapons. As a result of the analysis, possible directions for improving the protection of critical infrastructure facilities were proposed, the main of which is the use of a wide range of systems and complexes of very short-range weapons. In addition, a number of problematic issues and tasks were identified that need to be considered in order to improve the protection of critical infrastructure facilities, the main of which are: safety providing of using the proposed systems directly in populated areas or near them; ensuring the rational use of the resource of weapons, ammunition and other equipment and materiel associated with the functioning of the protection systems of objects; determination of the military formation which will be responsible for infrastructure facilities protecting.