INFORMATION WARFARE: U.S. Countermeasures on the Battlefields of the Future

Abstract

The 21st Century has experienced substantial development in both the digital and the information environments. The world's population, through the advancement and access to technology, can now transmit and receive thoughts, opinions, and ideas regardless of geographic location. Internet access introduced a delivery platform to communicate information globally and at previously unseen speeds. Additionally, it now allows unrestricted contact with the world's population regardless of demographic. This advancement in technology has allowed malign actors to access previously inaccessible data by targeting information available through digital profiles and on-line personas. Specifically the ability to target populations, cultivate ideas, and subsequently harvest information, factual or fictitious, has made Americas military increasingly vulnerable to Russian's utilization of information as a weapon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 2019
Accession Number
AD1179125

Entities

People

  • Jonathan S Joseph

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Disinformation Operations
  • Eastern Europe
  • Fake News
  • Governments
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Propaganda
  • Psychological Operations
  • Societies
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.