85) The AF SR may also be deployed abroad in a region more or less distant from the Euro-Atlantic area, especially as part of missions and operations of international organisations to bolster international peace and security. This may concern a culturally alien environment with underdeveloped infrastructure, very limited or non-existent public services and non-functioning administration, requiring comprehensive support of units from home. 86) In addition to its main task, which is national defence, the AF SR must be prepared to effectively respond to non-military threats on the territory of the Slovak Republic. During certain types of non-military emergencies, those AF SR units possessing life, health and property protection capabilities will also be employed in conjunction with other elements of the system of national security. AF SR capabilities can also be utilised in counter-terrorist operations and to provide support in maintaining public order. 87) It is apparent that both the territory of the Slovak Republic and that of her Allies represents a qualitatively different operational theatre of AF SR deployment, anticipates a different adversary and a different conduct of combat operations in contrast to past AF SR employment in peace, stabilisation and reconstruction missions in regions more or less distant from the Euro-Atlantic area. This requires placing emphasis on developing those AF SR capabilities that can be utilised in defence of the Slovak Republic and her Allies. 3.3 The Politico-Military Ambition The new scope of the national politico-military ambition must, in a comprehensive manner, express the end-state of AF SR capacities and capabilities for operational employment 88) The politico-military ambition of the Slovak Republic expresses the scope and purpose of AF SR employment.3 The scope of the national politico-military ambition must in a comprehensive manner express the endstate of AF SR capacities and capabilities (in the context of NATO Capability Targets for Slovakia), which will be employed in: • the defence of the Slovak Republic, • meeting commitments of the Slovak Republic stemming from the treaty on collective defence against attack (collective defence of a NATO Ally), • missions and operations abroad, • non-military emergencies on the territory of the Slovak Republic. 89) A comprehensive politico-military ambition will more precisely express national defence as a priority of Slovak defence efforts. It will also reaffirm the quality, scope and level of operational readiness of Slovakia’s contribution to NATO meeting its Level of Ambition, along with its contribution to ) Article 27 of the Defence Strategy of the Slovak Republic (2005). 3 44 WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE