МЕРЕЖНІ ВІЙНИ: СУТНІСТЬ ТА ОСНОВНІ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ
Специфічним видом інформаційних війн є мережні війни, які поступово витісняють традиційні війни. Інформаційні війни притаманні для суспільств постіндустріального типу. Об'єктом впливу стає розум супротивника, а не просто тіло, як це було у попередніх типах війн. Аргументовано, що інформація для такої війни може бути як метою, так і зброєю. Розвиток комунікаційних технологій сприяє переходу від затратної та чисельної за жертвами війни до мережної війни, яка є набагато вигіднішою та легшою. Наведено основні види сучасних мережних війн, виявлено їхні базові характеристики. Специфическим видом информационных войн являются сетевые войны, которые постепенно вытесняют традиционные войны. Информационные войны характерны для обществ постиндустриального типа. Объектом влияния становится разум противника, а не просто тело, как это было в предыдущих типах войн. Аргументировано, что информация для такой войны может быть как целью, так и оружием. Развитие коммуникационных технологий способствует переходу от затратной и многочисленной по жертвам войны к сетевой войне, которая является более выгодной и легкой. Приведены основные виды современных сетевых войн, выявлены их базовые характеристики. A specific type of information warfare is the network wars which are gradually pushing out conventional. ; Wars have existed from ancient times; they can be understood as an organized armed struggle between states or groups of states, nations or classes and more. The article analyzes the phenomenon of war through the prism of postindustrial society concepts (D. Bell and E. Toffler). Based on the aforementioned concepts, it can be argued that the system of war in agrarian society was based only on the specific activities in the agricultural sector, which was reflected clearly in fighting seasonality, non-standard individual weapons, an occasional payment of hired soldiers, primitive communications and dominance of verbal orders. There was a high level of individual and collective violence as well. With the advent of industrial society standards of war have changed. At a time when mass production became characteristic of contemporary economics, mass destruction became characteristic of the industrial era wars. 'Second wave' wars have the following features: clear goals and a clear focus, strengthening the power within the state, expan ded international economics and politics, the presence of regular mass armies and their high speed mobility, weapons of mass destruction. In post-industrial or information society war obtained a completely different meaning. Its basic features are: specialized mobile units in different types of troops, transformation of information into a tool of warfare, space exploration, and computerization at all levels. With all this going on war subjects are civilizations, whose resistance is associated with the fundamental infrastructure of society. The object for the influence is not only enemy's body but his mind as well as it used to be earlier. It is proved that information for such wars can be a purpose and a weapon at the same time. Information warfare, like a network war, is accompanied by active methods of transforming information space for the imposition of a world model that will provide further desired behaviors. This is a comprehensive and integrated strategy that caused by rising value of information in matters of command, control, politics, economy and social life. The purpose of information war appears to change the balance of power and position in society by possession, publication and interpretation of certain information. It's argued that information for such a war can be a goal, as well as weapons. The development of communication technology facilitates the transition from costly and numerous victims of the war to a network that is far more profitable and easier. Network war is a new kind of war on the social level, different from traditional forms of hostilities in which participants use network forms of organization, strategies, technologies and capabilities that meet the demands of the information age. The sharp difference from the traditional network war is not only that it does not physically affect people, but also the fact that the main participants are not trying to build a formal, independent, hierarchical organization, and lead and coordinate their actions «online», without clearly defined central leadership. Subjects of network war are mainly private and non-governmental; they can be sub-national and supranational in scale. The basic types of modern networking wars revealed their basic characteristics. It's reported that the use of the Internet for the benefit of war can cause both positive harmless effects as well as destroy and cause serious damage to computer technologies, systems and people, countries, etc.