AGGRAVATING UNCERTAINTY – RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE IN THE WEST

Russian Views on Information-based Warfare

Mountain Warfare: the Russian Perspective

After attempting to combat the Afghan mujahedin with an army designed to defeat NATO, recent Russian military writings reflect a much stronger emphasis on the unique requirements necessitated by mountainous terrain. This paper summarizes their recent literature and presents the contemporary Russian view of this type of warfare based on perspectives gained in Afghanistan and elsewhere. The prima...

Warfare in the Information Age

The paper is focused on changes occurred in military organizations in Information Age. During Industrial Age the military structure of forces evolved according with principles of decomposition, specialization, hierarchy, optimization, deconfliction, centralized planning, and decentralized execution. But now the solutions based upon Industrial Age assumptions and practices will break down and fa...

Information Warfare in the Trenches

With the increased potential of a bona fide cyber terrorist attack and the possibility of a future “war in the wires”, we must continue to improve the education and training of individuals responsible for defending our national borders—whether those borders are physical or electronic. The Information Analysis and Research (IWAR) laboratory at the United States Military Academy (USMA) has proven...

Rethinking Defensive Information Warfare

Although the origins of information warfare lie in the defense of critical computer systems, defensive information warfare (DIW) per se has advanced little beyond an information assurance model. Information assurance is an integral part of any military organization’s operations, but it falls far short of meeting the needs for robust defense of critical command-and-control (C2) computer networks...