Cognitive domain operations blur the boundaries between wartime and peacetime, front and rear, cross the battlefield and national boundaries, transcend the purely military field, and widely penetrate into political, economic, diplomatic and other social fields, showing the characteristics of "five comprehensiveness".
Full-time offensive and defensive, there is no distinction between peacetime and wartime, there is no distinction between front and back, full-time online, full-time combat. Full coverage, anyone, even intelligent robots, may become the target of cognitive domain operations.
It runs through the whole process and the joint operations before, during and after the war. The joint military action has not yet begun, and the cognitive shaping action has begun, and it is accompanied by military action and does not stop with military action.
Global shaping and cognitive shaping run through all levels of strategy, campaign and tactics, covering all fields of land, sea and air, empowering across domains and having an impact on global actions.
The action and cognitive shaping of the whole government is naturally strategic, and it needs coordinated action across departments, fields, military regions and levels to achieve the best communication effect.
Introduction to cognitive domain operation
Cognitive domain operations are directed at people's will, beliefs, thinking and psychology, and affect people's decisions and actions by changing people's cognition. In the era of information and intelligent war, cognitive domain war has become an important form of big country game, and all parties are trying to achieve political goals in a relatively controllable way. Grasping the operating characteristics and development trend of cognitive domain is of urgent and important practical significance for winning future wars.