Unit 2-1. Information Operations Flashcards
What is the definition of information superiority?
Info Superiority is the degree of dominance in the info domain which allows friendly forces the ability to gain, exploit, disseminate, attack, and defend info without effective opposition
Information Operations are made up of what three capabilities?
Influence Operations, Electronic Warfare Operations and Network Warfare Operations
Which domain is influence operations focused on affecting?
The Cognitive Domain
What operational activities comprise influence operations?
Psychological Operations, Military Deception, Operations Security, Conterintelligence Operations, Public Affairs Operations, Counterpropaganda Operations
Which activity seeks to induce, influence, or reinforce perceptions, attitudes, reasoning, and behavior of foreign leaders, groups, and organizations in a manner favorable to friendly national and military objectives?
Psychological Operations
What is Electronic Warfare?
Any military action involving the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the adversary
Electronic Warfare affects what frequencies and or regions within the electromagnetic spectrum?
Radio frequencies and the optical and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum
Which of the electronic warfare activities enhances the use of the electronic spectrum for friendly forces?
Electronic Protection
What is the definition of network warfare operations?
Network Warfare Operations are defined as the integrated planning, employment, an dassessment of military capabilities to achieve desired effects across the interconnected analog and digital network portion of the battlespace
What three activities comprise Network Warfare Operations?
Network Attack (NetA), Network Defense (NetD), Network Warfare Support (NS)
What activity is used to deny the enemy use of their networks?
Network Attack
Which Network Warfare Operations activity is planning, directing, and executing responses to unauthroized acticvities in defense of AF Information Systems?
Network Defense (NetD)
State the four capabilities known as Integrated Control Enablers (ICE):
ISR; Network Operations; Predictive Battlespace Awareness (PBA); and Precision Navigation and Timing
Which ICE capability provides three-dimensional positioning data and a standard timing source that allows coordinated and accurate force application?
Precision Navigation and Timing
List some range of military operations (or MOOTW) where IO may be employed:
IO may be employed in non-crisis support or military operations other than war (MOOTW) such as humanitarian relief operations (HUMRO), noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO) or counterdrug support missions
