Defence and strategy

Antonín KRÁSNÝ

This paper deals with asymmetry in conflicts and operations. Based on current views, it analyzes the term of asymmetry in military operations and highlights possible future asymmetric threats and potential asymmetric enemies. It deals with asymmetry in low-intensity conflicts and summarizes their possible future developments. Further, it refers to the currently often used term of “symmetric Operations”and examines whether this is really a “ew”term giving a true picture of types and characteristics of present-day operations.