Abstract
Drone swarms, which can be used at sea, on land, in the air, and even in space, are fundamentally information-dependent weapons. No study to date has examined drone swarms in the context of information warfare writ large. This article explores the dependence of these swarms on information and the resultant connections with areas of information warfare—electronic, cyber, space, and psychological—drawing on open-source research and qualitative reasoning. Overall, the article offers insights into how this important emerging technology fits into the broader defense ecosystem and outlines practical approaches to strengthening related information warfare capabilities.
First Page
87
Last Page
102
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.55540/0031-1723.3154
Recommended Citation
Zachary Kallenborn, "InfoSwarms: Drone Swarms and Information Warfare," Parameters 52, no. 2 (2022): 87-102, doi:10.55540/0031-1723.3154.
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