Weapons of Mass Destruction a Network-Centered Threat

Abstract

Battlespace dominance is more than the physical control of air, land, and sea. Under the network centric concept of operations, U.S. forces must be ready to control the infosphere in order to assure military objectives can be achieved. Perhaps the most effective information warfare (IW) weapon is a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), specifically a biological or nuclear weapon. Important questions should be answered about the ability to protect American information networks from the significant information disruption characteristics of WMD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351710

Entities

People

  • D. G. Diggs

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Weapons
  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Force Protection
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf War
  • Security
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Strategic Security Studies