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are services authorized to carry out op- erational and procedural actions, which often tends to be forgotten. Soldiers have the right to check IDs, inspect ve- hicles or perform searches on a regular basis, not to mention other forms of op- erational activity – like phone tapping. Meanwhile, in an unclear situation it's the hard evidence obtained in such a way that can make it possible to identify the actual perpetrators of attacks and help in forming a favorable narrative. Lastly, engaging police forces has a considerable advantage in that it can make it possible to acknowledge that a threat isn't as se- rious as to reach for military support. But it may turn out that the potential and the measures at the disposal of the said forces appear insufficient. According to currently binding regulations, be it the Act on the Police, the Anti-Terror Law, and other acts – soldiers can be engaged to assist the Police and perform some of the Police's duties – also with the use of firearms and other means of physical coercion. In the face of a hybrid threat, engage- ment of armed forces, including our Ter- ritorial Defense Forces, is actually a must if the crisis is not nipped in the bud. This concerns in particular the protection of critical infrastructure on account of the fact that the number of objects that can become targets of the potential attack is very big, considering the electrical grid alone (power plants, transmission lines, power stations) or the fuel supply net- work (refineries, pipelines, other trans- portation routes, fuel depots). What's more, many objects can be attacked from the outside, using e.g. grenade launchers, mortars, unmanned aircraft or armor-piercing guided missiles, and so it is necessary to protect not only such objects alone but also their surroundings. And we're talking only about protection, not about reacting to the effects of at- tacks or to other threats – not related to elements of critical infrastructure. Right now, the significance of army is even greater, if only for the equipment and its disposal – for instance: transport planes and helicopters or aircraft. The option the Special Forces is a separate matter. A much bigger problem er, the capability to netic domain. In this to tell which institutions when it comes to detecting acting disinformation, comes to information simplest solution, blocking services (websites), ly legally possible thanks ror Law, but there actual effectiveness particularly when not from certain websites, counts on various social It's hard to imagine or Facebook are blocked treme situations – an option to use these own needs. To some extent, counteracting mation and creating should be the job of state institutions. spective, it is partially psychological information operations. There tions that need to who will be responsible a crisis does occur extent of this responsibility? bear in mind that institutions of Poland ent sections of particular adopt different practices information policies. mote their image in limit themselves to to questions asked appears that the problem the background, but tion warfare is just warfare involving the www.fragoutmag.com