Information Warfare Research Articles

Ideal trajectory generation method of missile formation based on Gaussian pseudo-spectrum method

With the increasingly complex combat environment and the diversity of combat tasks, important military targets are surrounded by multi-layer defense. Modern information warfare pays more attention to system confrontation and multi-system cooperative operations,and missile formation to attack targets is the main research content of this paper. For missile wing ideal trajectory generation problems, ensure the attack Angle of time and meet the design requirements, Gaussian pseudo-spectral method is used to generate guarantee missile attacks within the specified time shot on target, at the same time meet the attack Angle constraint at the end of the ideal trajectory, the more missiles cooperative engagement problems into the ideal trajectory tracking problem, avoid the estimate of the remaining time of flight.The main contents of this paper are as follows:(1) Gaussian pseudo-spectral method is used to generate the ideal trajectory model.(2)Use Matlab to simulate the established model.

Taylor, Monique. 2022. China’s Digital Authoritarianism. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. XVII, 169 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11252-2

This book examines the problem of modern Chinese digital authoritarianism, as well as the key global process of modern development, covering various areas of public life. The characteristic features of the global and regional trends in the digitalization of society are identified and described, which modernize the task of adapting political regimes to new network conditions both in China and in other authoritarian countries. This, in turn, raises the question of the need for a comprehensive comparative analysis of cases of legitimation of different political regimes in order to develop a package of recommendations for the effective transformation of the modern Chinese political regime. The most difficult scientific problem is, first of all, the definition of deep transformations of social and political reality under the pressure of forced digitalization. Other problems actualize the chosen research topic: the risks and threats of information wars, politicized fakes, attempts to distort historical memory, which can trigger the processes of delegitimization of the political regime. At the same time, digitalization gives political regimes additional prospects in terms of the use of social networks by government bodies, the transformation of communication models of the ruling parties. China’s digital technologies are research topics in political science and international relations that affect the quality and effectiveness of governance. In this regard, time and reflective ways of theorizing about digital technologies in international relations are important. The author focuses on the analysis of the role of technological continuity and changes in China, which today has practically no proven approaches to studying the impact of digitalization and big data on international relations.

The principles of the formation of enemy propaganda and measures to counter it in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine

The article examines the principles of formation of enemy propaganda. The principles of war propaganda spread by the russian federation are highlighted. The content, directions and elements of war propaganda as a component of the information policy of the aggressor state are detailed. The essence of the propaganda machine of the russian federation in the information war against Ukraine has been determined. Mechanisms of influence of russian propaganda on society are revealed. Measures to counter hostile propaganda in Ukraine under martial law at the legislative and organizational levels have been determined. Attention was paid to measures for the preparation and implementation of an educational campaign on media literacy, which involves the development of critical thinking, the skills of checking facts and identifying manipulation techniques, the familiarization with the most common violations of human rights with the use of Internet technologies.

Strategic public policy providers in the context of european integration

The media system, public and volunteer organizations are a powerful “weapon” under martial law, which protects the people and the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the influence of Russian propaganda and misinformation in the course of informational and psychological warfare. The war and European integration processes cause a number of changes in the activities of public policy providers. In this regard, the aim of the article is to study the transformation of activity of public policy providers under martial law and European integration, as well as their impact on social processes. The main methods of the article are doctrinal approach and statistical methods. The conducted research established that “social provider” is an apt brand of a modern socially beneficial public organization. The important role of the changes made to the existing legislation regarding public policy providers after the full-scale invasion was noted, especially in the context of the harmonization of the national legal framework with the EU legal framework. Some indicators of the consumption of mass information were analysed. The further research may focus on an in-depth analysis of the influence of manipulations on public views using the example of one of the leading online media channels.

Democracy in the digital era

Democracy in the digital era

Russian Full Spectrum Conflicts and information warfare as Complex Adaptive Systems: The 2014 Crimean case study

With the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014, there has been increasing talk of hybrid warfare. However, due to its wide use, this term has been emptied of its meaning. Because of this, the Full Spectrum Conflict (FLC) concept will be adopted. Operations that employ asymmetrical tactics are not extraneous to Russian strategic thinking and have various characteristics that allow them to be traced back to complexity theory and in particular to Complex Adaptive Systems. A similar argument also applies to Information Warfare, one of the most important tools of Full Spectrum Conflicts. Starting from Clausewitz, we will try to describe war, the modern FSCs, and Information Warfare as Complex Adaptive Systems. Then we will try to demonstrate how, by controlling the information flow during the Russian annexation of Crimea, Moscow applied complexity to the adversary on the one hand and stabilized the Crimean social system on the other.

The Impact Of Russia's War In Ukraine On Post-Soviet Space

The research paper explores the impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on post-Soviet space. Since 2014 the Russian aggression on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is considered as an act of obvious violation of international law as well as an attempt to change the current world order established after the Soviet Union collapse when former Soviet republics gained full independence. But the new situation emerged by Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens not only the existence of Ukraine as an independent state but it also creates similar threats to other post-Soviet republics that are located in Russia’s so called “near abroad”.The paper explores Russia's geopolitical interests in post-Soviet era and space towards the former Soviet republics. It emphasizes the peculiarities and impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on ongoing processes in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia. The concept of “Russian world” and its geopolitical provisions are also observed and analyzed. It is argued that this concept has no more potential to be advanced with the use of "soft power" tools. The paper also forecasts a strategic retreat for Russia in post-Soviet space as a probable consequence of the Ukrainian war because of losing by Russia the global information warfare and the lack of international support. It is concluded that Russia's aggression has a real potential to be copied and reproduced by other authoritarian leaders which will aggravate the situation in other post-Soviet conflict zones. At the same time, this war is also considered a struggle between democracy and autocratic rule expansion when the latter has less chance to succeed.

Patriotic value orientations of student youth of the Penza Region

Today, Russia faces large-scale tasks to ensure further progressive socio-economic and socio-cultural development in the new conditions: transformation of the country, political, economic, and ethnic isolationism, cancellation culture, breaking global production chains, information warfare, etc. These conditions also form new approaches, mechanisms, attitudes, and values. Meanwhile, it is fundamentally important at the present stage to form and develop the patriotic values of young people as the foundation for the consolidation of Russian society, using the integration potential of patriotism to solve national problems. The article analyzes the patriotism of modern youth; based on a secondary analysis of sociological research materials and the results of author's research, the features of the attitude of young students of the Penza Region to the values of patriotism are considered.

‘The enemy teaches us how to operate’: Palestinian Hamas use of open source intelligence (OSINT) in its intelligence warfare against Israel (1987-2012)

ABSTRACTThis article explores a new aspect of Hamas’s exploitation of the media: open source intelligence (OSINT). Based mostly on primary sources from within Hamas, the article describes how, through OSINT, Hamas has obtained valuable information for its operations and has successfully learned about various military and civilian aspects of Israel and the Israel Defense Forces in a readily available, simple, and inexpensive manner. The article goes on to analyze the pitfalls for Hamas of relying exclusively on OSINT within its strategic assessment efforts. This analysis sheds new light on the academic literature regarding intelligence of violent non-state actors and asymmetric warfare.

Отражение стратегического нарратива противостояния в негосударственных онлайн-медиа

The article deals with the problem of media displaying strategic narratives in the context of the domination of the antagonistic discourse in the relations between Russia and the West. The issue is becoming ever more urgent since the conflict component is being intensified on the global stage, which prompts the eagerness of a number of countries to impose their interpretation of what is happening as the only correct version, by means of promoting public agreement. On the example of several foreign online media the specific features of the narrative of confrontation are shown. Its structural elements are indicated, its particular properties are revealed. It is argued that the content of the constructed narrative is accusatory rhetoric, lying on the plane of foreign policy interstate relations. Several models of media representation of strategic narratives are characterized. The narrative of confrontation is revealed to have involved, besides the states and political leadership, people criticizing government, as the oppressed. It is emphasized that the main tool for constructing the narrative of confrontation is the use of discursive practices of constructing the “Other”, characterized by negative and evaluative semantics, which actualizes the image of the “alien” as an external enemy. Some topics are defined as the “framework” of the narrative in question; due to significant differences in the interpretation of events related to them, they sharpen the contradictions with the “Other” as with the discursive target. It was found that important conditions favorable to the functioning of the narrative of confrontation in the media are the elitist-official nature of the majority of news, as well as the declaration of the information war. It is concluded that the reliance on the same strategic narratives in journalistic materials acts as a factor of discursive limitation of the spectrum of evaluations of socially significant events, phenomena and processes, and the state of conflict of interpretations intensifies the antagonistic nature of the narratives broadcast in the media, activating the symbolic struggle between them for the exercise of discursive power.

EVOLUTION OF RADIO BROADCASTING IN UKRAINE IN THE WARTIME: REALITIES OF SOCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE POPULATION SINCE FEBRUARY 24, 2022, TO THE PRESENT DAY

<p><strong><em>The purpose of the study</em></strong><em> is to understand</em><em> the prospects for radio broadcasting development in the current conditions of turbulence in the information space of Ukraine.</em></p><p><strong><em>Research methodology</em></strong><em>. The research </em><em>methodological apparatus is based on the use of the central method of a non-representative survey in the form of a questionnaire using the electronic service «Google Forms» (83 respondents). Methods of analysis, induction, and generalization were used to understand the quantitative results of the study; the bibliographic-descriptive method and secondary analysis of the results of specific scientific and sociological research conducted by Ukrainian and international scientists were implemented to deepen the research with valuable secondary scientific information.</em></p><p><em>Based on the results of the conducted survey, we set ourselves the ambitious task of understanding the prospects for radio broadcasting </em><em>progress under the current conditions of turbulence in the information space of Ukraine. For this purpose, it is necessary to outline the potential and relevance of radio in the modern media space, to find out what expectations the users have from the radio product, and to determine the vectors of its progress under the conditions of the post-war information space.</em></p><p><strong><em>Results.</em></strong><em> The progress of over-the-air radio broadcasting in the structure of social information </em><em>for the population during the war, as a central public media channel for operational notification, informing about current events, and relieving the emotional tension of Ukrainians in stressful conditions, is studied. Using the quantitative results of the conducted empirical research, the author’s hypothesis about the increase in the level of receptivity and demand for radio content in the structure of weekly listening to the air by Ukrainians within the country in conditions of limited access to electricity supply and network coverage of mobile operators and the Internet has been proven. The reorientation of Ukrainian youth towards Ukrainian music content, their refusal to listen to Russian music, and their replacement of it with Ukrainian and international (except for the aggressor country) musical compositions of various styles were noted.</em></p><p><strong><em>Novelty.</em></strong><em> For the first time, the prospects for radio broadcasting </em><em>progress in the modern conditions of turbulence in the information space of Ukraine were thought out. For this purpose, the potential and relevance of radio in the modern media space were outlined, the expectations of users of the radio product were clarified, and the vectors of its progress in the conditions of the post-war information space were determined.</em></p><p><strong><em>Practical importance.</em></strong><em> The practical significance of the research results lies in supplementing the scientific discourse with the results of empirical research, rethinking the potential of radio broadcasting as the most accessible and efficient media in wartime.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words:</em></strong><em> radio signal availability, empirical research, information war, radio efficiency, Ukrainiani­zation of the radio space, Ukrainian-language radio broadcasting, Ukrainian-language musical content.</em></p>

Uncertain optimization for composite base plate of mortar under impact load

Information warfare places higher requirements on the remoteness, precision and mobility of artillery weapon systems. As an indispensable and important category of artillery, mortar plays an important role. As an important component of mortar, the base plate bears tremendous impact load. Its design level has an important influence on the shooting stability, shooting accuracy and maneuverability of the mortar. Composite base plate helps improve the maneuverability of the mortar, but it will also make the force and movement rule of mortar launching more complex and lead to a more acute contradiction between artillery power and maneuverability, which propose a huge challenge to modern artillery optimization design theory. Under this background, this manuscript conducts research on the structural uncertain optimization of composite material base plate for the mortar. In order to obtain the optimal solution and reasonable interval of uncertain parameters with main dimension parameters, this manuscript uses interval model to carry out deterministic transformation for uncertain objective function and uncertain constraints, combines multi-objective genetic algorithm to solve the problem, and carries out numerical simulation to verify the optimal value. The result shows that the design idea and method are feasible for uncertain optimization of composite base sheet of mortar under impact load, and the optimization objectives and strategies are effective, which can provide reference for the uncertain optimization research of composite base plate.

THE ROLE OF "THINK TANKS" IN THE USA INFORMATION WARFARE SYSTEM

Aim. To investigate the activities of the U.S.’ “think tanks” in Russia in terms of the intelligence functions they perform to misinform the enemy.Methodology. By implementing historical sources analysis, content analysis and case studies, the author investigated the U.S.’ think tanks activities and the history of their participation in the informational and psychological warfare against Russia during the SMO in Ukraine in 2022; the intelligence product offered by “think tanks” was also examined in the study.Results. The study established that private intelligence companies operate under the legend of “think tanks” in USA. They have a significant informational and psychological influence both on a potential enemy (misinform the enemy, induce the enemy to act in a certain manner) and on the domestic and foreign policies of the United States itself.Research implications. The findings of the study can become the basis for the development of practical recommendations for the Russian authorities on building communication and business relations with the Western think tanks.

Political-Psychological Challenges of the Information War against the Russian State in the Conditions of a Special Military Operation

The article deals with the political-psychological challenges from the collective West directed at the Russian state in the modern information environment, and which the authors divide into three groups (ineffective communication with different audiences, the limitations of the Russian media, the crisis of the image of the Russian world in the minds of citizens of the Russian Federation). The authors have identified the main problems of Russian society in the information war that hinder the improvement of information skills in the use of political and psychological mechanisms of influence on target audiences, highlighted in the article. The importance of these challenges at the present stage and the need to improve the entire Russian information resource management system at the national and global level are noted.

ПРАВОВАЯ ОСНОВА ДЛЯ СОХРАНЕНИЯ ИСТОРИЧЕСКОЙ ПАМЯТИ О СОБЫТИЯХ ВЕЛИКОЙ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ВОЙНЫ

The reasons for the actualization of the problem of preserving the historical memory of the Great Patriotic War in the conditions of information warfare based on legislation are considered

Linguistic aspect of information wars in mass media discourse

Recently the process of active informatization of society and globalization of the world information space has been observed. The consequence of this process is different kids of Information Wars, where the mass media plays the main and the most important role. The immersion of an increasing part of humanity into the virtual world of media in the age of digitalization generates a high demand for the creation of information and cyber warfare. If the main tool of the information war is the media, then the main tool of the media is language. The subject of the study is the language functioning in the mechanisms of information wars. The main content of the research is the analysis of the concept of "information war" from a linguistic point of view. Theoretical analysis of literature, media linguistic analysis, methods of critical linguistics, etc. are used as research methods. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that it is a media linguistic study involving foreign scientific concepts (English), untranslated and unpublished in Russian. The article provides a number of clarifications and additions to the existing theories of information warfare with the involvement of linguistic and political science textures. A systematic, versatile and detailed description of the current state and changes that have occurred in linguistics over the past ten years in the light of the conceptualization of the phenomenon of "information war" is presented. Based on the results of the study, the concept of information warfare in mass media discourse is revealed, and a comprehensive method for studying this phenomenon is proposed.

Asymmetric and Hybrid Warfare in Postmodern Times: Lesson from Hezbollah-Israeli War 2006

This paper discussed asymmetric warfare between Hezbollah as a non-state actor against Israel in the Second Hezbollah-Israeli War in 2006. This paper focused on Hezbollah's strategy as the weaker side to fight against Israel as the state with the strongest military forces in the Middle East. The battle between Hezbollah and Israel can be categorized as post-modern warfare because it has hybrid and irregular elements of warfare. That is, the war mixes the use of conventional and non-conventional methods of warfare. This paper uses the concept of hybrid warfare and Taylor’s strategy theory to explain the Hezbollah strategy against Israel. The main objective of this paper is to analyze and explain the strategies employed by Hezbollah, a non-state actor, in the Second Hezbollah-Israeli War in 2006, utilizing the concepts of asymmetric and hybrid warfare. The paper focuses on Hezbollah's use of post-modern strategies, such as guerrilla tactics, unconventional warfare methods, information warfare, and psychological tactics, to counter the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and achieve its goals in the asymmetric conflict. This paper finds that Hezbollah uses elements of post-modern strategy by conducting guerrilla and hide-and-seek tactics, mixing the use of conventional and modern warfare equipment, the use information and media, engaging in acts of terror, and applying psychological warfare to achieve the ultimate goal the main objective) in the fight against Israel Defense Force (IDF).

Технологии политического PR в информационной войне РФ и Запада в рамках военно-политического конфликта на Украине: новые вызовы и новые возможности для России

The article analyzes the use of political PR technologies on the example of conducting an information war between Russia and the West. The authors of the study in this paper answers two questions: firstly, what methods are used in modern information warfare; secondly, and how methods of struggle and PR technologies influence public opinion. The authors conclude that Russia has a need to refine the strategy of conducting information warfare in order to ensure a better impact on the opponent in the role of the– the " collective Westwest".

Research on the Architecture of Underwater Acoustic Environment Common Operational Picture in Joint Operation

With developing of information warfare, the environmental services make more and more significant effect for situational awareness and decision superiority in Integrated Joint Operation. As the mainly environmental factor of sea battlefield, the underwater acoustic environment has an important influence for the capability of sonar detecting and undersea weapon attacking. In this paper, a serving architecture of Underwater Acoustics Environment Common Operational Picture (UAE-COP) in Joint Operation for underwater acoustic environment is proposed, which includes systematic frame, information content, simulating models, technologies, and so on. Computer simulation and typical application shows that the proposed structure will be a valuable mode for underwater acoustic environment tactical decision support.

RF and Microwave Technology Development at the Naval Information Warfare Center: RF Technology Development at the Naval Information Warfare Center

The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC-PAC) is located in San Diego, California, and is the only Department of Defense (DoD) laboratory that is headquartered in a major fleet concentration area.