1, hard killing-directly killing, destroying or even ensuring the destruction of precision guided weapons and remote sensing weapons (non-traditional weapons) based on information technology. Representative weapons: precision guided bombs such as lasers, military drones, and a new generation of cruise missiles.
2. Soft killing-means of infiltrating and interfering with enemy information systems. Precision guided weapons aimed at destroying the enemy's information sources and channels, isolating the enemy's communication and command systems, and blinding the other side. Representative weapons: hacker weapons and computer viruses.
3. New concept weapon-a brand-new combat unit with new damage mechanism as the goal and based on high-tech means and information technology, which is different from traditional weapons. Representative weapons: directional high-energy particle weapons, micro-electromechanical nano-weapons, robots.
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Compared with conventional weapons and equipment, information weapons and equipment cannot be equated. If a conventional aircraft is equipped with wings of information technology, the detection range of airborne radar is increased, the ability of long-range combat and precise guidance is enhanced, and the stealth coating is applied with night vision function, the combat energy of this aircraft will be improved geometrically.
The combination of information and energy can not only make the combat platform obtain information in time, give full play to its effectiveness and give the missile a correct direction, but also make the missile automatically absorb information and hit the target. This goes beyond the function of the projectile itself, enhances the original function of the weapon and forms a new type of combat effectiveness. Therefore, the use of information weapon system is an important feature of information warfare.
In a sense, only when information-based weapons are widely used in wars and become the dominant weapons that affect the outcome of wars, can the arrival of information-based wars be most effectively marked.
The form and state of weapons and equipment used in war determine the form and state of war. It is precisely because a large number of mechanized weapons and equipment with high maneuverability are used in the war that it can also be called mechanized war. Only when information weapons and equipment are used in the war to dominate the process of the war can it be called information war.
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