In the article the current armed forces development in the North Atlantic region has been analysed and particular extrapolations have been attempted. In this part of the article the basic conditions for military forces development have been presented: the economic wealth of the state, progressive defence economics, political and social will, the development of science and technology, international situation, the development of military thought and art of war, the reality of contemporary and future battlefield, the character of threats. Also general tendencies of armed forces' development (starting with biological era, through mechanical until the electronic one) have been discussed as a consequence of civilisation changes. The characteristics of the main areas of the armed forces' development have been shown. There have been described transformations in personnel resources (armed forces shrinking white the level of professionalism is increasing, the growth of professional competence, women's military emancipation) and organisational structures (the increase of mobility and manoeuvrability, their universal character and autonomy, the development of international structures, command automation).
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