09 February 2022
Poland launches Cyberspace Defence Forces
by Jakub Link-Lenczowski
The Polish Ministry of National Defence launched the Cyberspace Defence Force (Wojska Obrony Cyberprzestrzeni, WOC), the newest component of the Polish Armed Forces, on 8 February.
At the launch ceremony at the Military University of Technology, the Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak, said, ”In 2016 NATO announced cyberspace as another domain in which Article 5 [the collective defence clause of the North Atlantic Treaty] could be activated. The WOC is part of the regular army, with reconnaissance, defence, and offensive capabilities.”
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