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November 2010
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Muir S. Fairchild Research
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24th Air Force.
Available online at: http://www.24af.af.mil/
The mission is to provide combatant commanders with trained and ready cyber forces to plan and conduct cyberspace operations, and to extend, maintain and defend the Air Force portion of the global information grid.
Air War College. Cyberspace and Information Operations Study Center.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/info-ops/
The Cyberspace and Information Operations Study Center was established at the Air War College in 2005 to contribute to the USAF and Joint Cyberspace and Info-Ops communities strategic and operational understanding and application of 21st century Information Age operations.
Defense Department; Intelligence and Security; Doctrine, Directives and Instructions.
Available online at: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/index.html
The site provides numerous links to DOD Doctrine, Directives and Instructions, plus JCS Joint Publications, and other documents.
Hare, Forrest B. Air Force Strategy for Cyberspace. The Wright Stuff Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University, November 29, 2007.
Available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/aunews/archive/2007/0222/Articles/strategy%20for%20cyberspace%20essay%20v3.pdf
Information & Cyberspace.
Available online at: http://homeland.au.af.mil/information.htm
On the AWC Gateway that provides links to National Strategy and Policy Documents concerning cyberspace.
Institute for the Advance Study of Information Warfare.
Available online at: http://www.psycom.net/iwar.1.html
Cyberwar web references.
IWS - The Information Warfare Site.
Available online at: http://www.iwar.org.uk/
An online resource that aims to stimulate debate on a variety of issues involving information security, information operations, computer network operations, homeland security and more.
Knowlton, Brian. The New York Times Military Computer Attack Confirmed. August 25, 2010.
Available online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/technology/26cyber.html
Nissenbaum, Helen. Where Computer Security Meets National Security. Ethics and Information Technology 7 no. 2 New York University, NY, Dept of Culture and Communication, June 2005.
Available online at: http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/?sfi=AC00NBGenSrch&sterms=PUBLICATION(Ethics+and+Information+Technology)&csi=210549&shr=t
Article dated, but the concepts are valid. Article can be found in LexisNexis Academic, type title in search box after the journal title.
Senate Judiciary Committee. Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace. November 17, 2009.
Available online at: http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=4169
Witness testimony is obtained by clicking on the Witness’s name in the right side navigation bar under witness testimony. Witnesses: James Baker, Associate Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice; Philip Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Director, National Cyber Security Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Richard Schaeffer, Director, Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency, U.S. Department of Defense; Steven R. Chabinsky, Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice; Gregory T. Nojeim, Senior Counsel and Director, Project on Freedom, Security & Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology; Larry Clinton, President, Internet Security Alliance, and Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D., Vice Chairman, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
U.S. Army War College. DIME: Information as Power.
Available online at: http://www.carlisle.army.mil/dime/
Resource for military researchers, students, faculty and practitioners, looking for current information related to the information element of national power. Areas addressed include Information Operations, Strategic Communication, Network Centric Warfare and to a lesser degree, military robotics and information assurance.
United States. Department of the Air Force. Air Force Doctrine Document 3-12 Cyberspace Operations. July 15, 2010.
Available online at:
http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFDD3-12.pdf
Establishes doctrinal guidance for cyberspace operations.
United States. Department of the Air Force. Air Force Doctrine Document 3-13 Information Operations. January 11, 2005.
Available online at: http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFDD3-13.pdf
Publication provides doctrine for information operations planning, preparation, execution, and assessment in support of joint operations.
Recently renamed, was formerly AFDD 2-5.
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Publication 3-13; Information Operations. Washington, DC, February 13, 2006.
Available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_13.pdf
Publication provides doctrine for information operations planning, preparation, execution, and assessment in support of joint operations.
United States. Secretary of the Air Force. Air Force Manual 37-104: Managing Information to Support the Air Force Mission. June 1995.
Available online at: http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/shared/media/epubs//AFMAN37-104.pdf
Newest document that's available and it replaced AFR 4-1, 30 December 1988.
Internet Resources (Student Research)
Burris, Robert. Future Operating Concept – Joint Computer Network Operations. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 2010. 36 p.
Available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=3d1a9e11-b2c5-4b19-9ef6-ce4214e1b3ab&rs=PublishedSearch
Successful joint operations, now and in the future, relies on the fusion and synergy of space, air, land, and sea domains with the cyber domain critical. The “stovepipe” models of each independent domain wielding their respective platforms as a contributing instrument of power have succumbed to the pronounced acknowledgement that operations in the cyber domain are not mere enablers to successful operations, rather they are precursors to dominating the battlespace though information superiority.
Chacon, Mark A. Course Curriculum Development for the Future Cyberwarrior. Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2006. 40 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA453985
Glebocki, Joseph. DOD Computer Network Operations: Time to Hit the Send Button. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 2008.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA478337
"Due to the highly automated and interconnected nature of U.S. critical infrastructure, it is not practical to erect a barrier between military and civilian operations that can serve U.S. national interests."--Abstract.
Information as Power. Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College,
Available online at: http://www.csl.army.mil/InfoAsPower.aspx
"The Information in Warfare Working Group (I2WG) of the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) is pleased to present this anthology of selected student work from Academic Year 2009 representing examples of well-written and in-depth analyses on the vital subject of Information as Power."--Abstract. Also has links to
Vol. 1-3; Academic Years 2006-2008.
Kinley, Kelli. What Constitutes an Act of War in Cyberspace? Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institute of Technology, August 2008. 80 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA480404
This research and it’s resulting data analysis provides a better understanding of what the current laws of war are and how they relate to cyber war and the complexities that exist, along with recommendation on future revisions of the laws.
Perez, David D. Cyberspace Dependence in Air Force Flying Squadrons and
Its Effect on Mission Assurance. 2010.
Available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=a1e88802-563a-4756-ae31-9df8e4c1baef&rs=PublishedSearch
The purpose of this research is to analyze the effects of cyberspace dependence in Air Force flying squadrons.
Schilling, Jeffery R. Defining Our National Cyberspace Boundaries. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, February 2010. 31 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA518322
'Identifying our national cyberspace boundaries is a fundamental step required before the United States can define hostile acts and intent by cyberspace adversaries and assign jurisdictions for a collective defense. In order for the United States to execute a unilateral cyberspace response action (RA) against hostile actors, we must be able to declare that the hostile act or intent took place within our national cyberspace boundaries.--Abstract.
Zoller, Richard G. Russian Cyberspace Strategy and a Proposed United States Response. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, January 2010. 32 P.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA522027
Armistead, Leigh. Information Operations Matters: Best Practices. Washington, DC, Potomac Books, 2010. 153 p.
Book call no.: 355.343 A731i
Carr, Jeffrey. Inside Cyber Warfare. Sebastopol, CA, O’Reilly Media, Inc, 2010. 212 p.
This book provides fascinating and disturbing details on how nations, groups, and individuals throughout the world are using the Internet as an attack platform to gain military, political, and economic advantages over their adversaries.
Book call no.: 303.625 C311i
Dauber, Cori Elizabeth. YouTube War: Fighting in a World of Cameras in Every Cell Phone and Photoshop on Every Computer. Carlisle, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, November 2009. 123 p.
This is the 'YouTube War.' This monograph lays out this new environment in terms of its implications for a war against media-savvy insurgents, and then considers possible courses of action for the Army and the U.S. military as they seek to respond to an enemy that has proven enormously adaptive to this new environment and the new type of warfare it enables.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA510207
Book call no.: 303.625 D235y
Drapeau, Mark D. Social Software and National Security: An Initial Net Assessment. Washington, DC, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, April 2009. 35 p.
Discusses uses of social software by the United States government and associated national security concerns.
Book call no.: 303.4833 D765s
Gray, Chris Hables. Peace, War, and Computers. New York, NY, Routledge, 2005. 213 p.
Good example: Refer to bottom pp. 37-45.
Book call no.: 303.66 G778pa
Jaramillo, Deborah Lynn. Ugly War, Pretty Package: How CNN and Fox News Made the Invasion of Iraq High Concept. Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 2009. 254 p.
Book call no.: 956.704431 J37u
Kiras, James. Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism. New York, NY, Routledge, 2006. 230 p.
"This book examines how special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, can achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time, and argues that the root of their effectiveness lies in understanding the relationship that exists between moral and material attrition at the strategic level through an examination of strategic theory and case studies."--Book Jacket.
Book call no.: 356.1609045 K58s
Krekel, Bryan A. Capability of the People’s Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation. McLean, VA, Northrop Grumman Corp., Information Systems Sector, October 2009. 88.
Presents an open source assessment of China’s capability to conduct computer network operations and information warfare both during peacetime and periods of conflict.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA509000
Book call no.: 355.343 K92c
MacDonald, Scot. Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century: Altered Images and Deception Operations. New York, Routledge, 2007. 204 p.
"Propaganda and Information Warfare in the Twenty-First Century is the first book to analyze how the technology to alter images and rapidly distribute them can be used for propaganda and deception operations. Such images have already appeared, including altered images of British troops abusing prisoners in Iraq and altered photographs of a 1970s anti-Vietnam War rally with Jane Fonda sitting near 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry. Using examples from history, Scot MacDonald outlines the principles of propaganda and deception, and presents a history of the use of altered images (both still and moving) in politics, diplomacy, espionage and war."--Book jacket.
Book call no.: 355.3434 M135p
Mesic, Rich. Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) Decision Support. Santa Monica, CA, RAND, 2010. 23 p.
Because cyberspace can affect core missions and capabilities, it seems obvious that the Air Force should take steps to establish an organization to address this medium. The details have been difficult to establish, however, because this medium is very different from air and space.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA517283
Book call no.: 358.41683 A298
Paul, Christopher. Information Operations: Doctrine and Practice: A Reference Handbook. Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers, 2008. 175 p.
"A no-nonsense treatment of information operations, this handbook makes clear what does and does not fall under information operations, how the military plans and executes such efforts, and what the role of IO ought to be in the 'war of ideas.' Paul provides detailed accounts of the doctrine and practice of the five core information operations capabilities (psychological operations, military deception, operations security, electronic warfare, and computer network operations) and the three 'related' capabilities (public affairs, civil-military operations, and military support to public diplomacy)."--Book jacket.
Book call no.: 355.34340973 P324i
Rid, Thomas. War 2.0: Irregular Warfare in the Information Age. Westport, CT, Praeger Security International, 2009. 280 p.
Book call no.: 355.02 R542w
Smith, Christopher R. Network Centric Warfare, Command, and the Nature of War. Canberra, Australia, Land Warfare Studies Centre, 2010. 78 p.
This paper, examines the claim that information technologies will allow for wider and more rapid sharing of information. In order to take advantage of the emerging possibilities presented by information technologies, NCW [network-centric warfare] theorists recommend changes to the structure of information age military organizations and changes to the methods for command and control of military forces.
Also available online at: http://www.defence.gov.au/army/lwsc/docs/sp318.pdf
Book call no.: 355.33041 S644n
War in the Age of Technology: Myriad Faces of Modern Armed Conflict, edited by Geoffrey Jensen and Andrew Wiest. New York, NY, New York University Press, 2001. 397 p.
Review Chapter 2 especially pp. 47-48 i.e. computer. Also, Chapter 3 provides how media impacts the Art of War.
Book call no.: 355.02 W2538
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Network Centric Operations: Background and Oversight Issues for Congress, by Clay Wilson. Washington, CRS, March 15, 2007. 51 p.
"Describes technologies that support Network Centric Operations (NCO), and includes; (1) questions about possible vulnerabilities associated with NCO; (2) a description of electronic weapons, and other technologies that could be used as asymmetric countermeasures against NCO systems; (3) descriptions of several key military programs for implementing NCO; (4) a list of other nations with NCO capabilities; and (5) a description of experiences using NCO systems in recent operations involving joint and coalition forces."--Abstract from publication.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA466624
Doc. call no.: M-U 42953-1 no.07-RL3241
U.S. Army War College. Department of Military Strategy, Planning and Operations. Information Operations Primer: Fundamentals of Information Operations. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2009. 197 p.
"Information Operations seek to influence the behavior of target decision-makers while simultaneously defending friendly decision-makers from being influenced by an adversary's use of information. This is no different from the exercise of the other forms of national power. In this instance the means is information, but the resulting outcome is the same."--Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA514489
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-643a
Documents (Student Research)
Arnold, John K. Providing Command and Control Communications to Commanders Aboard Mobility Airlift Platforms. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, February 2009. 38 p.
Future battlefields will continue this paradigm. In order to achieve information dominance, C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) requirements must be met in every combat and support aircraft planned by the military services.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=985b1494-10f4-47c9-bbbe-361fceee9066&rs=PublishedSearch
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 A756p
Benoit, Marcel L. The Special Operations: Cyberspace Nexus. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, 2008. 77 p.
"This thesis addresses the emerging need to target both the infrastructure and human elements of networks through cyberspace and special operations forces (SOF) acting in concert. Historical examples abound that show how coherent SOF-cyberspace efforts can significantly contribute to the moral and material attrition of the enemy."--Abstract.
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Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 B473s
Edwards, Rem B., III. Allies in the Shadows: Why We Need Operational Deception. Newport, RI, Naval War College, 2004. 24 p.
Presents the argument (historical) for the use of deception, thus why new doctrine is required. 'This paper is aimed at convincing the joint task force commander that deception offers distinct advantages to even today’s military that relies upon the idea of overwhelming combined arms force to achieve objectives. Historical case studies indicate that deception is a tool that can create an exploitable imbalance in forces, to the theater commander’s advantage, by manipulating an adversary’s actions in time and space.'--Abstract from publication.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA426011
Doc. call no.: M-U 41662 E263a
Halle, Ann M. Cyberpower as a Coercive Instrument. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, June 2009. 68 p.
This study examined the details of nine separate cyber attacks against the United States, Estonia, and Georgia. Cyberpower failed to deter or compel in the cases examined.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=downloadpaper&objectid=fd4c96ed-ac9e-4631-9901-b3adc1e23b4b&rs=PublishedSearch
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 H183c
Jones, Jacqueline H. The Power to 'Influence': Civil Affairs and Strategic Communication in 21st Century Warfare. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 2007. 26 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 J773p
Matus, Paul A. Strategic Impact of Cyber Warfare Rules for the United States. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2010. 42 p.
Despite the growing complexities of cyberspace and the significant strategic challenge cyber warfare poses on the United States’ vital interests few specific rules for cyber warfare exist. The United States should seek to develop and maintain cyber warfare rules in order to establish internationally accepted norms, mitigate damage to critical governmental, commercial and private resources, and help hold belligerent actors accountable.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA522001
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 M445s
Muniz, Jorge Jr. Declawing the Dragon: Why the U.S. Must Counter Chinese Cyber-Warriors. Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, June 2009. 71 p.
"This paper will seek to ascertain the United States military’s ability to defend and enforce our national interests, both in regards to our own domestic infrastructures as well as our partners abroad from Chinese-directed cyber-attacks."--Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA502899
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 M966d
Rogers, John C. Shaping the Air Force Operational Environment in Cyberspace. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, February 2010. 33 p.
The AF must get back to basics and apply the same strategies and doctrine to the cyberspace domain which are applied to air, land, space, and sea domains. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to down load the article.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/display.aspx?moduleid=be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153&mode=user&action=researchproject&objectid=f460a1bf-82ec-4967-8173-6ad793501016
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 R727s
Periodicals
Adams, Charlotte. Cyberwarfare Looms Large in Information Systems. Signal 63:90-93 February 2009. Amerling-Bray, Leah. Is China Bypassing Our MAGINOT LINE? United States Naval Institute Proceedings 136:54-59 April, 2010. Batschelet, Allen W. Information Operations for the Joint Warfighter. Field Artillery, pp 8-10, July-August 2004. Blank, Stephen. Web War I: Is Europe's First Information War a New Kind of War? Comparative Strategy 27:227-247 May-June 2008. Bloom, Bradley. Information Operations in Support of Special Operations. Military Review 84:45-49 January-February 2004. Boland, Rita. The Web in Space. Signal 62:63-65 September 2007. Clodfelter, Mark. Back from the Future: The Impact of Change on Airpower in the Decades Ahead. Strategic Studies Quarterly 3:104-122 Fall 2009. Cohen, Raphael. 10 Problems with Technology. Armed Forces Journal 146:32-34 April 1, 2009. Collings, Deirdre and Rohozinski, Rafal. Shifting Fire. Military Technology 32, no. 11:110-113 2008. Dardine, Andrew and Knowles, John. The Top 20 EW (electronic warfare) Programs. Journal of Electronic Defense 32:34-36+ August 2009. Erwin, Sandra I. and others. Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots. National Defense 94:36 November 2009. Franzese, Patrick W. Sovereignty in Cyberspace: Can It Exist? The Air Force Law Review 64:1-42 Fall 2009. Friedman, Norman. Network-Centric Warfare: Space Style. United States Naval Institute Proceedings 134:90-91 April 2008. Fulghum, David A. and Norris, Guy. Cyber Realities. Aviation Week & Space Technology 168:62-63 April 21, 2008. Goodman, Will. Cyber Deterrence: Tougher in Theory than in Practice? Strategic Studies Quarterly 4:102-135 Fall 2010. Jean, Grace V. iPods at War. National Defense 92:28-30 February 2008. Jones, Randal T. Using Web 2.0 as a Weapon. United States Naval Institute Proceedings 136:78-79 February 2010. Kaufman, Alfred. Caught in the Network: How the Doctrine of Network-Centric Warfare Allows Technology to Dictate Military Strategy. Armed Forces Journal 142:20-22 February 2005. Kenyon, Henry S. Army Readies for Electronic Warriors. Signal 63:31-34 August 2009. Kubricky, John J. The Rapid Insertion of Technology in Defense. Defense AT&L 37:12-17 July-August 2008. Lewis, James A. Sovereignty and the Role of Government in Cyberspace. Brown Journal of World Affairs 16:55-65 Spring-Summer 2010. Lonsdale, David. The Impact of Cyberspace on Strategy. High Frontier 6, no. 3:21-25 May 2009. Magnuson, Stew. Cyber-Attack. National Defense 93:22-23 July 2009. Matthews, William. The New Next Generation: Emerging Technologies Will Force Change in Militaries' Mind-Set. Defense News, pp 11-12, May 25, 2009. Matthews, William. New Way of War - Cyber Attacks Likely in Any Military Conflict: Reports. Defense News, pp 24-25, October 27, 2008. McLeary, Paul. Hiring for Cyber Space. Defense Technology International 4:4 September 1, 2010. Murphy, Dennis M. Attack or Defend? Leveraging Information and Balancing Risk in Cyberspace. Military Review 90:88-96 May-June 20010. Ridderhof, Phillip J. Put Warfighting Technology in Perspective. United States Naval Institute Proceedings 130:73-75 December 2004. Schaap, Arie J. Cyber Warfare Operations: Development and Use under International Law. Air Force Law Review 64:121-173 2009. Scutro, Andrew. Facing an 'Irregular' Future - Leaders Say Next Generation Must Balance Technology with the Human Element. Army Times June 30, 2008. Shachtman, Noah and Axe, David. The First Wired War. Popular Science 268:52-58, 84-85 June 2006. Tirpak, John A. Tomorrow’s Combat Advantages. Air Force Magazine 89:45-52 August 2006. Vego, Milan. Future War at Sea. Naval Forces 30, no.1:8-15 2009. Wass de Czege, Huba. Rethinking IO: Complex Operations in the Information Age. Military Review 88:14-27 November-December 2008.
According to government and industry experts, U.S. forces are just beginning their learning curve. According to Hathaway, the number of trusted public Internet connections in the federal .gov space at one point was more than 8,000. According to some experts, there are more honor level students in computer science and other technical programs in China than the total number of students in the United States who are enrolled in these types of programs, he asserted.
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Today, 21st-century military technology is bringing dramatic changes to the operational battlefield. Because many U.S. Navy operators have yet to grasp these, our Navy desperately needs a wakeup call.
Also available online at: http://sill-www.army.mil/FAMAG/2004/JUL_AUG_2004/Pages8-10.pdf
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"Bloom stresses that the changing role of the Special Operations Command has increased the need for improved, comprehensive information operations (IO) support to special operations. At the strategic level, IO can facilitate and enhance special operations across the operational spectrum."--Abstract.
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'The IRIS enterprise solution will leverage commercial industry participation to develop and provide a first-generation Internet protocol (IP) (layer 3) packet routing capability onboard a geostationary satellite, which will enhance network-centric operations through information access, collaboration and dissemination.'--Abstract from Web site.
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Also available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/2009/Fall/clodfelter.pdf
Also available online at: http://docs.newsbank.com/
The article "discusses the implications of Information Operation (IO) when conducting counterinsurgency (COIN) in the midst of stability and reconstruction (SSTRO). It states that the key objective of COIN/SSTRO is to win the confidence and loyalty of the people. It adds that IO needs to be considered beyond the doctrinal concept of five core capabilities aligned to influence opposing forces or shape the battlefield."--Abstract from publication.
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Disruptive challenges - roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors - have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.
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"The article reports that the U.S. military networking intends to leap legal boundaries and technological limitations. Fear of both known and unknown vulnerabilities of the expanding U.S. military's network has given the military's quest for cyber security a new sense of urgency. Beyond the next decade, the most important task for network-centric operations will be to develop immunity against potentially devastating attacks on civil areas of the Internet and not just that used by the military."--Abstract from publication.
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Also available online at: http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/2010/fall/goodman.pdf
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Soldiers are using technology to request secure detailed information about strategies, tactical operations, and operational environments.
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The networked computer is the most fascinating technological development to come along in many years, with its promise to network all elements in the battlefield.
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'The U.S. Army's new electronic warfare (EW) military occupational specialty was launched by the need for EW specialists in Iraq. U.S. forces used jammers (the large antennas on the backs of these high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles) to counter radio-detonated improvised explosive devices. But the jammers interfered with communications equipment, prompting the need for trained personnel to operate the devices.'--Abstract from publication.
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The article reports on the high technology equipment used by U.S. Armed Forces of the war in Iraq. It says that the U.S. forces have used jammers to disrupt enemy radio transmissions, but jammers interfered with friendly radio communications, so troops turned them off. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, claims that technology transition has become of utmost important to meet the warfighter's needs and to stay them ahead of adversaries.
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The article explores assertions about sovereignty and the role of the U.S. government in cyberspace.
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Entire journal dedicated to cyberspace. A quarterly journal sponsored by the Air Force Space Command.
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The article criticizes the U.S. Air Force's decision to attack computer networks of U.S. enemies, known as cyber-attacks.
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The USAF mission to attract cyberwarriors is made difficult by the gulf between military culture and freewheeling techies. This article can be found in LexisNexis Academic database search by title.
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Will the Army develop an 'Airland Battle' equivalent for cyberspace?
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The immediate lesson of Tora Bora was that U.S. ground forces were needed to isolate and prevent the escape of al Qaeda and Taliban forces. At the same time, however, enemy forces "trapped" between U.S. and coalition forces conducted local counterattacks with surprising effectiveness. Even with the overwhelming U.S. firepower and assets that were available, the fight devolved into several desperate company-level actions.
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The article presents a discussion of the development and use of cyber warfare operations under international law. Deleting military files and inserting malicious code in military communications networks are examples of cyber warfare operations that cause permanent damage.
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With technologies like these, USAF will sharpen its fighting edge.
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The article argues that you cannot take the human out of the automated decision process: “Yet a naval commander would considerably reduce the chances for success by either disusing or misusing automation."
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"Addresses expected questions like 'How can we better achieve information superiority and enhanced information effects?', 'What are the 'best practices' in the field?', and 'What is the best way to integrate core IO capabilities?' reveal inherent flaws in understanding how IO fits in a comprehensive theory of war."--Abstract from publication.
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