Kurilkin, A.V. Modern approaches to information warfare.

Abstract: After the nuclear parity was achieved between the USA and the USSR, it became clear that the large-scale wars with the use of large armies and mass use of heavy armored vehicles, aviation and infantry among the large states became almost impossible, which made both the USA and the USSR search for other means for an armed confrontation. Partly, such a confrontation in a bipolar world was expressed in a chain of local conflicts, where if one of the superpowers supported one of the parties, it was very likely that the other superpower would support the other party to the local conflict. Development of electronics and science allowed to form the systems of precision kill weapon systems and “clever” arms, and their impact at the current stage of its development was comparable to the weapons of mass destruction, which allowed to wage conflicts faster, while made them more complicated and much more costly. However, at the time of the First and Second World Ware there appeared an idea that the victory in a war is achieved not so much in destruction of armies of the opposing party, but rather through influencing the population of the opposing party in order to bring it into such a position, when the people are so demoralized and tired by the war, that it is impossible to continue the war.

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