Strategic Information Warfare: A New Face of War

Roger C. Molander, Andrew S. Riddile, Peter A. Wilson
1996 Parameters  
We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs . . . are changing the face of war and how we prepare for war." --William Perry, Secretary of Defense Information warfare (IW) represents a rapidly evolving and, as yet, imprecisely defined field of growing interest for defense planners and policy-makers. The source of both the interest and the imprecision in this field is the so-called information revolution--led by the ongoing rapid evolution of cyberspace,
more » ... ters, and associated information technologies. The US defense establishment, like US society as a whole, is moving rapidly to take advantage of the new opportunities presented by these changes. At the same time, current and potential US adversaries (and allies) are also looking to exploit the evolving global information infrastructure and associated technologies for military purposes.
doi:10.55540/0031-1723.1794 fatcat:4e5mwok4fvffvhbcrwaexhrobu