Title: Impact of informational dimension and information on the operation cost
Abstract:Despite the disappearance of the bipolar world, the mankind has not yet become free from challenges, risks and threats to peace and security. Armed conflicts have remained a part of reality, and new s...Despite the disappearance of the bipolar world, the mankind has not yet become free from challenges, risks and threats to peace and security. Armed conflicts have remained a part of reality, and new security challenges, risks and threats have emerged, both of military and non-military nature. An analysis of current armed conflicts reveals that there are some changes. The problem of the enemy visibility and identification is increasingly present. Availability and mass deployment of highly sophisticated equipment and technology brings us into the era of electronic and information warfare, with the use of precise, destruction and long-range weapons. The operational environment is a set of conditions in which forces are used in an operation, based on the commander's decision, and which have an impact on its final outcome. The operational environment consists of dimensions, such as physical, economic, social, technological, informational, military, time, and political. A military operation cannot be planned and carried out without specific factors, namely: objective, forces, space, time, and information. To execute the operations, it is necessary, among other things, to provide sufficient financial resources. When it comes to the operation cost and the impact of all factors on the operation, it is certain that the informational dimension and the information are worthy of being analyzed. There are difficulties and it is not easy to obtain accurate indicators of the extent to which informational dimension and information affect the cost of operation. However, it can clearly be noted that the informational dimension and the information may contribute both to the reduction and the increase in the operation cost.Read More