„Nuklearna gąbka” – dylematy wokół lądowej gałęzi amerykańskiej strategicznej triady nuklearnej

Authors

  • Rafał Kopeć University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.23.2026.101.04

Keywords:

strategic nuclear triad, nuclear weapon, decision-making process, strategic calculations, intercontinental ballistic missiles

Abstract

‘NUCLEAR SPONGE’ – DILEMMAS REGARDING THE LAND BRANCH OF THE US STRATEGIC NUCLEAR TRIAD
The future of the land branch of the strategic nuclear triad has become the subject of intense political and military debate in the United States. The text analyzes this debate, focusing on the arguments presented by both sides of the dispute – supporters and opponents of maintaining this element of the US strategic arsenal. The manner of resolving the dispute leads to the conclusion that strategic issues are subject to the oscillations of current policy to a relatively small extent, and that arguments of a military nature, including those based on the understanding of specialized issues related to military technology and operational doctrines, are decisive.

Author Biography

  • Rafał Kopeć, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland

    doktor habilitowany w dyscyplinie nauki o bezpieczeństwie, pracownik Instytutu Bezpieczeństwa i Informatyki Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie, gdzie pełni funkcję kierownika Katedry Myśli Strategicznej, koordynator sieci badawczej Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance przy Dowództwie Strategicznym Sił Zbrojnych Stanów Zjednoczonych (USSTRATCOM), uczestnik staży naukowych w USA, Ukrainie i na Słowacji, stały współpracownik czasopisma „Okręty Wojenne”. Autor książek, m.in.: Militaryzacja przestrzeni kosmicznej w ujęciu bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego (2022), Militarne metody zapobiegania proliferacji broni masowego rażenia (2015), Strategie nuklearne w okresie pozimnowojennym (2014), współautor: Wojna dronów. Militarne wykorzystanie bezzałogowych statków powietrznych (2021), Odstraszanie militarne w XXI wieku. Polska – NATO – Rosja (2017).

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“„Nuklearna gąbka” – Dylematy wokół lądowej gałęzi amerykańskiej Strategicznej Triady Nuklearnej”. 2026. Politeja, no. 1(101) (March): 81-104. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.23.2026.101.04.

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