Re: [iwar] News Item and a Question

From: e.r. (fastflyer28@yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-08-17 12:09:45


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--- "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On question 1- sure war will still be primarily conventional, but
> having the ability to disinform, or shut down the bad guys on elint
>  or sigint could decide who wins a battle. If you do this at
> the right time in a conventional fight, the cyber wise
> side an advantage.  Thanks for the info, tony. BethR
> --- Tony Bartoletti <azb@llnl.gov> wrote:
> > At 08:43 AM 8/17/01 +0500, Ozair wrote:
> > >News Item
> > ><snip>
> > >By BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Marcus
> > >Now that the Bush Administration has belatedly given its approval
> > for
> > >the Pentagon to order the first batch of advanced F-22 warplanes
> > both
> > >the US Air Force and the aircraft's manufacturers - Lockheed
> Martin
> > -
> > >will be relieved.
> > >
> > >Many feared that the F-22 could become the first high-profile
> victim
> > of
> > >Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon reforms.
> > >
> > >Billed as a far-reaching attempt to re-shape the US military for
> the
> > >conflicts of the 21st century, the Rumsfeld reform process has run
> > into
> > >the sand.
> > >
> > >It has prompted strong opposition from both Congress and senior
> > serving
> > >officers. Reform there still will be, but there are growing doubts
> > about
> > >its scale and scope.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1495000/1495340.s
> > >tm
> > >
> > ><snip>
> > >
> > >Question
> > >How would this impact the ability to move towards the Information
> > >Warfare arena, would wars still be largely conventional?
> > 
> > 
> > Ozair,
> > 
> > You are kidding, right?
> > 
> > No matter how "mature" info warfare may become, I cannot imagine
> that
> > the 
> > bullet and bomb manufacturers will have to worry about sales. 
> > Information 
> > operations will be only another tool in the arsenal.  Despite the
> > advent of 
> > laser-guided smart bombs and EM-pulse weapons, hoards of
> > machete-toting 
> > humans are still a force to contend with.
> > 
> > Other opinions welcome!
> > 
> > ___tony___
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
> > Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
> > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
> > Livermore, CA 94551-9900
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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