The connotation characteristics of cognitive domain operations

Under the support of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, brain science, and cloud computing, military confrontation has expanded from a tangible battlefield to an intangible battlefield. The cognitive space composed of human spirit and psychological activities has become a new battlefield for great powers and military confrontation. Cognitive domain operations, as a new form of combat, debut, are becoming another new field of confrontation after physical strength, firepower confrontation, and information confrontation.

Cognitive domain operations are different from traditional physical domains and information domain operations, and have their own distinctive characteristics. At present, the game of a new round of great powers has intensified, and the penetration and reverse osmosis, attack and anti -attack, control and anti -control of cognitive space will be more intense than the competition of physical space and information space. With the development of offense and defense theory in the cognitive field and the accelerated application of intelligent technology, the characteristics of cognitive domain operations have become more prominent.

Comprehensive gaming of strategic confrontation. Cognitive domain operations are a comprehensive strategic confrontation between the country. Only by comprehensively using various national tools such as politics, economy, and diplomacy can we play a comprehensive balance effect and achieve the final effect. In traditional war, the influence of African and African military means is limited, and it is difficult to form an overall joint force with military means. In the era of intelligence, a lot of use of cognitive weapons and equipment, non -military means to cooperate with military means on the influence of military means have greatly enhanced the influence on war, which is a favorable war environment, achieved the initiative of the battlefield, destroyed the enemy's resistance will, and then win the victory of war. important influence. Cognitive domain operations do not directly destroy the enemy's flesh as traditional operations and destroy the enemy's material foundation, but to control the enemy's thoughts and information and achieve the purpose of weakening the enemy's resistance. From the Gulf War, the Afghanistan war to the Iraq war, the importance of the comprehensive use of non -killing methods such as psychological offense and defense, information disturbances and the killing of military weapons. They are often earlier than the outbreak of the war, running through the entire process of war, and directly affecting or even accelerating the process of war.

Participate in the subject of cross -domain diversity. The main body of the war is clearly identified in traditional wars, and the cognitive domain battle is behind the seemingly "invisible, unbounded, unmanned" appearance. The participating objects are becoming more and more blurred. Traditional war is a confrontation between the national, ethnic, and political groups. The main body of the war power is usually two or more national armed forces. Wait multiple types. With the help of advanced information communication technology, any individual can become the source of information and action, which may participate in it in some way and play a unique role. The field of struggle in traditional warfare is mainly concentrated in the military field, and the types of power in cognitive domain operations are more diverse. They can comprehensively use political, economic, diplomatic, military, public opinion and other fields. Widely, the decisive role in war is increasing. Cognitive battlefield combat forces include natural persons, as well as robots controlled by people in the background, or the human -computer composite "electronic people" directly controlled by people on the front desk, and even the "biological machines controlled by people's remote brain -controlled" biological machines Legion. In recent years, under the promotion of algorithms, relevant national online media lock specific users through social robots "targeted", accurately distribute misleading information, and deepen in -depth camouflage political symbols to achieve the role of manipulating the audience, affecting the common cognition of the society and the formation of faith system formation. , Make people into a "cognitive black box", it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity.

The long -lasting accumulation of combat effectiveness. Compared with physical domain operations, the efficiency of cognitive domain operations emphasizes the lasting role. To this end, we need to conspire far -sighted and long -term layout. Through a series of uninterrupted and normalized flexible means, gradually build common values, similar ideas and culture within the opponent's opponent, and similar ideas and culture Soil, which in turn forms a systematic social atmosphere that affects or even public opinion. For example, the "peaceful evolution" strategy of Western countries headed by the United States after World War II did not stop. Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Voice of the United States alone used dozens of languages ​​every day, broadcast more than 900 hours a week, and conduct ideological penetration of the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries around the weather. Entering the information era, with the help of online communication technology, it can subtly and efficiently influence, infection, and shaping the opponent's thinking cognition, shake the foundation of the target country's ideological and cultural foundation, and make it unknowingly "rhythmic rhythm", constitutes the battle between the target country cognitive domain operation. The foundation of public opinion struggle. In recent years, there have been a number of "color revolution" that have occurred around the world. Behind it is largely the result of long -term public opinion infiltration control in Western countries, and cognitive combat effectiveness has gradually released.

Fighting and reality of space. Cognitive space is virtual, but it does not exist out of thin air. It is essentially a mapping of human activities and social relations, which is closely related to the real space and interacts. In the intelligent era of "non -overwhelming", cognitive space is fully integrated with traditional battlefield space, and has a strong impact and impact on the latter; precise will destroying the network information system is an important combat method for cognitive confrontation. With virtualism, it has become an important choice for military power to pursue victory. The core concept of cognitive confrontation is to seek the decision -making ability of combat staff and the loss or decrease of the resistance of will, and pursue the enemy's loss of confrontation instead of completely destruction. That is, with accurate information, accurate time, and accurate action to ensure that combat energy is accurately released to the selected goals. In the future war, the impact of virtual space on combat operations will be more critical, and it must be made in advance. In the use of combat methods, we should pay more attention to spiritual strikes and will destroy, emphasize the impact of psychological impact and control weapons as the main impact of spiritual will; in combat operations, the firepower strike of physical domains is more important Cooperate. At the same time, it is necessary to project the traditional battlefield spatial offensive and defensive effects to the cognitive domain, help and even dominate the tangible tactics and firepower operations; under the support of the integrated information system, the decision -making ability and resistance will of the "enemy" combat personnel will be implemented. , Form the combat style, combat method, and means with the purpose of attacking their minds, so that the combat can more intuitively express the effectiveness of "the will be stronger in the opponent". Source: PLA Daily

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