Non Kinetic War (Quick Guide)

This is a quick guide to help you get an idea of how the battle field looks. It is meant to help you in your research so you are aware of these terms and groupings.

Non Kinetic War

Kinetic being bullets, bombs, and weapons of the visually physical world. The Largest categories of non kinetic war:

• Psyops

• Public Affairs

• Civil Affairs

• Cyber War

• Electronic War

• Economic War

4 Categories of Governance

US Presidents utilize these 4 elements and in some cases lean on some more than others. Countries like Russia tend to lean more on Informational. Not so much counterintelligence but more so in the technology realm to push psyops goals.

• Diplomatic

• Informational

• Military

• Economic

Ends, Ways, and Means

In Cyber Security this is often also called TTP(Tactic, Technique, and Procedure)

1) What is your desired end state. 2) How are we going to do it/get there, and then 3) what are the required resources that you will need.

What gives you as an Individual the power to make effectual changes is that the means is often just an internet connection and the willingness to learn.

Principals of Cyber/Psychological War

Objective: Use the below points to plan an attack and expected result. Hypothesize and learn, be scientific.

Offensive: If you are private sector then defend, if you are a citizen study up, follow the psyops news and data leaks to figure out hot to support as an attacker.

Mass: Put the majority of your forces in the spot that has the greatest effect.

Economy of Force: You can make a difference as one person.. but a friend can help even more.

Maneuver: Dont hack in one spot, use one service, TTP grouping for any length of time that can lead back to you. Stay vigilant and be ready to move quickly.

Unity of Command: Make sure your goals fit the larger picture and support other teams doing the same work. Don't let yourself be attributed back to the US in anyway.

Security: Operations security, cyber, humans(biologic), assets, people(civil/economic), intelligence

Surprise: Reduce reactionary planning time and reduced skepticism when going ghost

Simplicity: The simpler the attack plan is the more likely it is to work

Attribute	Traditional War	Non Kinetic War
Protagonists	Nations	Nations, Non-state Groups, Individuals
Declared	Yes	No
Geographical Boundaries	Yes	No
Effects	Body, property, economic damage. And occupation.	A sickening of citizens and disruption of the supporting systems.
Personnel	Military	Science Technology Engineering Mathematics
Targets	Military and Infrastructure	Gov and Private Sector

Cyber Space Operations

The Triad of CyberWar:

• Exploit (Hidden Attacks to Stay Hidden)

• Cyber Attack (Think Large Outages)

• Cyber Defense and Response

Most Important Skills to Train:

• DevSecOps

• Malware Development

• Vulnerability Assessment

• Informational Assurance + Crypto

• Threat/APT Counter Intel (This goes beyond attacks that have cyber targets but also includes things of the physical world where cyber is the means.)

Script kiddies need large amounts of time and money to push known attacks. We need highly skilled people to quickly push silent attacks. Be that person.

The INTs (Intelligence)

• OSINT: Open-Source Intel

• HUMINT: Human Intel

• MASINT: Measurements and Signatures Intel

• IMINT: Imagery Intel

USA Agencies who do these

For further reading on these Intel Categories