The Shoreline: Where Cyber and Electronic Warfare Operations Coexist
Abstract
In the Department of Defense, and specifically during these trying times in the U.S. Air Force, words and their definitions are important. To this end, cyberspace has become the Air Forces' latest hot topic. Consequently, cyberspace is all over the media, being batted around within the most senior levels of the Pentagon, and has had resources thrown at it, all without a clear, nationally understood definition or concept of operations (CONOPs). Electronic Warfare (EW) has been an enabling combat support mission for decades and on 1 Nov 2006 was subsumed into a new command (AFCYBER). "My intent [is] to redefine air power by extending... our global power into a new domain--the domain of electronics and the electromagnetic spectrum." EW supports the land, air, sea, and space domains and similarly, can support operations in cyberspace. Should the classical mission set called EW, with clear doctrine and a mature legacy, fall underneath the umbrella of computers, networks, or information technologies? Many argue no. There is an area, which can be referred to as the "Shoreline", where EW and cyber can integrate to achieve synergistic effects on the battlefield.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 17, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA540032
Entities
People
- John T. Arnold
Organizations
- Air War College