Title: Information warfare in contemporary military theory and practice
Abstract:Information will continue to have critical importance for military success in the future. In order for the USA to dominate the global information spectrum, they will carry out transformation and categ...Information will continue to have critical importance for military success in the future. In order for the USA to dominate the global information spectrum, they will carry out transformation and categorization of information operations as central and most important military operations conducted by the US armed forces, together with land, air, sea and special operations. Information operations are defined as coordinated conduct of activities performed against enemy information and information systems, while safeguarding one's own. The main goals are to influence, disrupt and cause failures to the adversary 'human' or automated command and control system. Central activities of information operations are psychological operations, military deception, protection of operations, electronic warfare, and computer-network operations. The ultimate goal of information warfare is information supremacy, which is defined as operational primacy gained from the capability to collect, process and distribute a continuous flow of information while exploiting and incapacitating the adversary to have the same capabilities. To influence the decision process of the adversary leadership, the process popularly called OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) loop, is one of information operations' tasks. Reducing the adversary's capability to make timely and efficient decision will reduce the adversary's response or initiative against the military action launched by allied forces.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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