The first high-tech local war was the Gulf War in 199 1 year. In the Gulf War, the US military and its friendly forces faced Iraq, which was called "the fourth in the world". Fighting head-on with Iraq is always unrealistic, and there will always be huge casualties. So he began to introduce "modern war theory under the condition of informationization", that is, to use information technology.
This is the beginning of information warfare. In this battlefield war, the entire operational process of the US military and its allies is divided into four stages.
1, strategic air strike. ?
2. Seize the air superiority.
3. Air strikes against ground troops.
4. Ground offensive operations.
Second, the development trend:
After the Gulf War, many countries began to equip their own troops in large quantities and developed into information technology, especially in China, where the airborne alarm control system and satellite communication system have made great progress. The trend of modern warfare is towards informationization.
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Information warfare came into being:
After entering the 2 1 century, the whole world began to experience an unprecedented new military revolution. Our army is also carrying out a new military reform with China characteristics. The strategic goal of this revolution is to build an information-based army, so as to win the future information war and defend the interests of the country and the people.
As the core field of military technology, military electronic information technology is the extensive application of high-tech with electronic information technology as the core in the military field, which has triggered a series of profound changes in the military field.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Military Information Technology