Information Warfare And The United States National Security (1991-1999)

Our times is the transition period from industrial era to information age. The development and popularizing of communication technology, computer technology and network technology make a lot of countries' social form hold essential feature of information-intensive society, and offer the hotbed to the new fight design and war form. The information war is the result that an information technology is developed constantly and applied to the military field extensively, and it is a kind of new fight design that computer, communication, network technology combine closely with modem war, also it is the key content of the new military revolution in the ascendant, and the leading key element of the high-tech local war nowadays.Various kinds of information weaponry which the United States develops are in the leading level in the world; The information war regulations that government departments, such as American Ministry of National Defense, etc. issue are the most systematic, most Overall too; Various kinds of organizations that implements the information war are the soundest too; The American army is the army using information war for the actual combat at first too; Information construction of American army have a high level than other country ;The experience of actual combat of information war of the American army are more abundant than other countries'. By analysis and study of information war and American national security, we can know about the current situations of information war and American national security, and offer reference for developing our country's information war and national security policy.This paper is made up of three parts:Preface introduce the research state of this field. It is few that the academia studies information war from American national security angle, so it is really essential to study and discuss it.Part one trace back to history of the information war. Analyse the background of the appearance of information war, introduce theconnotation, essence and form of the information war.Part two prove that the United States take the action of information war to protect the national security .the United States set up commanding organization, makes a series of policies and regulations, develop the information system engineering, manufacture the information-based weaponry, train actively information war talents, organize the digitalized army , build the 21st century's digitalized battle field.Part three explain three influence that the information war brings to American national security: Lead the new military revolution, change the national security idea, the new thought of safeguarding the national security.The conclusion sum up the main view of this text. Information war make information safety become outstanding problem, information safety is the foundation and key of national security. At last, give the several advise of taking precautions against information war to our country.