Information Operations (Paperback)

U.S. Joint Force Command

ISBN 10: 1500543888 / ISBN 13: 9781500543884

Published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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Paperback. The instruments of national power (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic) provideleaders in the US with the means and ways ofdealing with crises around the world. Employingthese means in the information environmentrequires the ability to securely transmit, receive, store, and process information in near real time.The nation's state and non-state adversaries areequally aware of the significance of this newtechnology, and will use information-relatedcapabilities (IRCs) to gain advantages in theinformation environment, just as they would usemore traditional military technologies to gainadvantages in other operational environments. Asthe strategic environment continues to change, sodoes information operations (IO). Based on thesechanges, the Secretary of Defense nowcharacterizes IO as the integrated employment, during military operations, of IRCs in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our ow Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Information Operations (Paperback)
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500543888
• ISBN 13: 9781500543884
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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The instruments of national power (diplomatic,informational, military, and economic) provideleaders in the US with the means and ways ofdealing with crises around the world. Employingthese means in the information environmentrequires the ability to securely transmit, receive,store, and process information in near real time.The nation’s state and non-state adversaries areequally aware of the significance of this newtechnology, and will use information-relatedcapabilities (IRCs) to gain advantages in theinformation environment, just as they would usemore traditional military technologies to gainadvantages in other operational environments. Asthe strategic environment continues to change, sodoes information operations (IO). Based on thesechanges, the Secretary of Defense nowcharacterizes IO as the integrated employment, during military operations, of IRCs in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own.