Weapons of Mass Disruption For the Operational Info-Warrior.
Abstract
The technological advances of the information age have the potential for drastically altering contemporary ideas about power and its application. Future conflict and warfare have become inextricably intertwined with the information realm of cyberspace. Information Warfare (IW) is the logical extension of applying new and unconventional technologies to power projection and national defense. However, 1W is not merely propaganda, command and control warfare (C2W), nor even simply a force multiplier in the operational toolbox. It is a way to control and attack the enemy's Observation, Orientation, Decision, and Action (OODA) loop. Instead of physically removing his 'center of gravity' C2 loop as in C2W and making him deaf, dumb, and blind, 1W seeks to manipulate the OODA and the cyberspace in which it exists to make the enemy deaf, dumb, and blind to anything except that which we permit him to hear, say, or see. The Weapons of Mass Disruption (WMD) provide a new and unique capability to render the enemy's operational forces impotent by short circuiting the OODA loop and controlling the enemy's decisions and hence his courses of action. When combined with traditional military operations in a conventional war or OOTW, the effect can be quick, devastating, and decisive.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 12, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA307354
Entities
People
- Timothy B. Killam
Organizations
- Naval War College