Accession Number:

ADA326624

Title:

National Military Strategy: Information Warfare.

Descriptive Note:

Strategy research rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Hall, Larry P.

Report Date:

1997-04-07

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

The U. S. Government has realized that new technologies will have a significant impact not only on everyday life but also on national security and the conduct of future warfare. While evaluating the powerful potential of information, policymakers are also attempting to understand a variety of problems surrounding it. This paper analyzes IW, specifically the protection of information, as a component of the 1995 National Military Strategy NMS. It reviews the ends, ways, and means of our IW strategy. It focuses on the actions of the U. S. Government, the Department of Defense DoD, and Joint Chiefs of Staff JCS, especially on the U. S. Armys role. It examines the Armys IW strategy and provides some recommendations for what it needs to do to further support national policy.

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRONIC WARFARE
• *MILITARY STRATEGY
• *NATIONAL SECURITY
• *DATA PROCESSING SECURITY
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• POLICIES
• UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
• THREATS
• JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
• PROTECTION
• ARMY PLANNING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Systems Management and Standards
• Military Intelligence
• Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE