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18 June 2014 Improvements of cyberspace and effects to the battlefield
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Abstract
Wars previously being executed at land and sea have also become applicable in air and space due to the advancements of aircraft and satellite systems. Rapid improvements in information technologies have triggered the concept of cyberspace which is considered as the fifth dimension of war. While transferring information quickly from physical area to electronic/digital area, cyberspace has caused to emerge a lot of threats and methods like cyber-attack, cyber-crime, cyber war which are spreading too rapidly. Individuals, institutions and establishments have begun to take their own cyber security precautions to cope with these threats. This study gives information about the concepts and advances on cyberspace in order to raise comprehensive awareness. The study also focuses on the effects of these improvements in the battlefield, and analyzes them.
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Münir Gedıklı "Improvements of cyberspace and effects to the battlefield", Proc. SPIE 9097, Cyber Sensing 2014, 90970G (18 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053356
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KEYWORDS
Computing systems

Warfare

Internet

Telecommunications

Networks

Weapons

Control systems

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