قدرت نظامي و مؤلفه هاي آن

Military Power and its Parameters

Given the deterministic role of military power in ensuring national security of every state and also contrary to the past , given the interactions among economic, social, cultural, political and military aspects in the parameters of national power that causes national and defense power constancy of that country, military power and military security might have lost its traditional significance compared to other aspects of security such as economic, political and social security or considering significance it has been placed in other lines of national power aspects. While the importance of military power due to recent international developments and intelligence wars of late twenty and early twenty first centuries have made security receive its previous significance. The claim made above is justified on the ground that in recent years, military means has been the most resorted mechanism in the foreign policy of great powers against each other or against other state in the world. On the other hand, due to the structural and functional deficiency of the United Nations and harmony of this international organization with great powers, have turned military power mainly a legitimate means to be utilized by invaders to impose pressure, violence and their wills on weaker countries. Consequently, weaker states try to excessively invest a significant proportion of their own GNP in military budget so as to protect their own territorial integrity, independence and vital values, given the perspectives of authorities and main determinants of state and their impressions of threat and the effect of international, regional and local environment on their evaluations. In this study attempts are made to elaborate the definitions of national power, national security, military power and its parameters in structural dimensions, quantity and quality of human resources, power of military leadership, weaponry system, military infrastructures, capability of mobilizing reserve units, policy of defensive security , creating bonds and harmony between people and military forces, defense budget, etc are explained and conventional military power appropriate for a state is accounted for.