Information warfare: Hezbollah hacked into the Israel army's radio net during this summer's fighting. Just how extensively the IDA's communications were compromised is impossible to say from the outside, especially this close to the battles, but it definitely does sound like classic hacking bragging.
It's also a good example of assymetrical warfare, a low-cost approach to exploiting the opponent's weaknesses, what John Robb describes as a hybrid method, combining human interception with signals warfare and modern rockets. Result: a series of destroyed Israeli tanks. Question: how far did Israel get into Hezbollah's net?
"The information collected by signals intercepts was being used to help direct fighters on the battlefield," [Nizar Qader, a retired Lebanese army general] said. "These are tactics of a modern army."
This war has demonstrated several aspecs of information operations. We noted Hezbollah's media narrative strategy during the conflict.
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