Q got me curious about Information Warfare from Q's post 3603 I never really heard of Information Warfare. The ONLY reference I really knew was Alex Jones and his "INFOWARS." I don't like or trust him, so I never really paid attention to his "NEWS." I just looked up some information on him and found this.. "InfoWars is a far-right American conspiracy theory and fake news website owned by Alex Jones. It was founded in 1999, and operates under Free Speech Systems LLC. Talk shows and other content for the site are created primarily in studios at an undisclosed location in an industrial area in the outskirts of Austin, Texas  The InfoWars website receives approximately 10 million monthly visits, making its reach greater than some mainstream news websites such as The Economist and Newsweek." I WANTED TO KNOW WHY Q MENTIONED INFORMATION WARFARE and knew it had to have another and better meaning. Q wasn't talking about Alex Jones and his nonsense. I looked up some things and found some interesting knowledge.. "At its core, information warfare is about gathering, providing, and denying information in order to improve one’s own decision-making while damaging the enemy’s. Historically, this has been accomplished through various means of communication, psychological operations, media manipulation and disinformation campaigns, and, eventually, electronic warfare and cyberspace operations. Unifying those capabilities has always been a challenge, however, especially the technical and informational elements. The first U.S. Army field manual dealing holistically with information operations did not appear until 1996. The battle over information has been a part of warfare from its beginning. Advances in communication through the electromagnetic spectrum have further expanded the tools and possibilities in the field, with cyberspace just the latest addition. Otto von Bismarck was able to incite the French into a highly unfavorable declaration of war against Prussia in 1870 just by manipulating the reported text of one telegram. In 1905, a Russian fleet commander engaged in a lengthy battle to gather and deny signals intelligence as he steamed towards Vladivostok. He refused an opportunity to jam reports of the location of his ships being transmitted to the Japanese high command, instead dooming them to destruction at Tsushima." THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON INFORMATION WARFARE. https://warontherocks.com/2019/06/the-united-states-needs-an-information-warfare-command-a-historical-examination/ Information warfare can take many forms: Television, internet and radio transmission(s) can be jammed. Television, internet and radio transmission(s) can be hijacked for a disinformation campaign. Logistics networks can be disabled. Enemy communications networks can be disabled or spoofed, especially online social community in modern days. Stock exchange transactions can be sabotaged, either with electronic intervention, by leaking sensitive information or by placing disinformation. The use of drones and other surveillance robots or webcams. Communication management The U.S. Air Force has had Information Warfare Squadrons since the 1980s. In fact, the official mission of the U.S. Air Force is now "To fly, fight and win...in air, space and cyberspace", with the latter referring to its information warfare role. As the U.S. Air Force often risks aircraft and aircrews to attack strategic enemy communications targets, remotely disabling such targets using software and other means can provide a safer alternative. In addition, disabling such networks electronically (instead of explosively) also allows them to be quickly re-enabled after the enemy territory is occupied. Similarly, counter-information warfare units are employed to deny such capability to the enemy. The first application of these techniques was used against Iraqi communications networks in the Gulf War. Also during the Gulf War, Dutch hackers allegedly stole information about U.S. troop movements from U.S. Defense Department computers and tried to sell it to the Iraqis, who thought it was a hoax and turned it down. In January 1999, U.S. Air Intelligence computers were hit by a coordinated attack (Moonlight Maze), part of which came from a Russian mainframe. This could not be confirmed as a Russian cyber attack due to non-attribution – the principle that online identity may not serve as proof of real world identity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_warfare