Viewpoint : Information Warfare : Hype or Reality ?
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E. Anders Eriksson is a Senior Analyst with the Defence Research Establishment (FOA), Stockholm, Sweden, specializing in technology and innovation and their relationship to national security and other public goods. Dr. Eriksson has a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author, and do not represent the official policy of the Defence Research Establishment or other parts of the Swedish Government. Information Warfare 2 (IW) is increasingly listed alongside nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons as a potential weapon of mass destruction (WMD)—or at least as a weapon of mass disruption. Is Information Warfare really a significant new threat, or has the danger been overblown?
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