How US Navy leaders see power evolving at ‘dawn of the information age’

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How US Navy leaders see power evolving at ‘dawn of the information age’
By Colin Demarest
 Mar 4, 07:00 AM
 
SAN DIEGO — The sounds of progressive-rock icon Rush crackled through the speakers as the commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet approached the lectern at the West naval conference in California.

Adm. Samuel Paparo, recognizing the tune, smiled as he grabbed the microphone. He then quipped about past lives and “a lot of illegal things” that took place as he came of age in the 1980s.


Times have since changed, and some have found religion in the military, Paparo said. And, much like the times, the demands of a modern-day warrior with a mean, mean stride are constantly evolving.

“We are in the middle of another epochal change,” he said. “And that is the dawn — and I do mean the dawn — of the information age.”

https://www.defensenews.com/information-warfare/2024/03/04/how-us-navy-leaders-see-power-evolving-at-dawn-of-the-information-age/

[Smokin Joe]

The ability to intercept, control, alter, or abolish the enemy's information flow, both intervessel and intravessel, will remain a high priority, and the ability to hijack an adversary's tech will be paramount.