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Chapter 6
Nation-State Defensive
and Offensive Information
Warfare Capabilities:
North America
In this and the next ve chapters, we look at the current, known levels of informa-
tion operations (IO) capability in a number of nations and organizations around
the world. ere has been signicant change since the rst edition of this book
was published, and a number of countries have now developed or are considering
developing capability. None of this should be a surprise, as we live in a world that is
increasingly dependent on high-tech, and the protection of the critical infrastruc-
ture is of increasing importance to everyone. e nations that ...