{"id":32031,"date":"2023-02-15T22:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T22:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/15\/us-working-with-five-eyes-nations-japan-on-information-warfare\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:38:57","slug":"us-working-with-five-eyes-nations-japan-on-information-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/information-warfare\/2023\/02\/15\/us-working-with-five-eyes-nations-japan-on-information-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"US working with \u2018Five Eyes\u2019 nations, Japan on information warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 The U.S. is consulting with its \u201cFive Eyes\u201d intelligence-sharing partners and additional allies to share and sharpen information-warfare techniques in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dialogues and exchanges of best practices are ongoing with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and other countries including Japan, according to Vice Adm. Kelly Aeschbach<\/a>, commander of Naval Information Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to say we have at least a dozen countries or so that are either establishing information warfare programs, or are interested in partnering further in the information warfare realm,\u201d she said Feb. 15 at the West 2023 conference in San Diego. \u201cWe are leaning in there, we are focused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan, specifically, has expressed significant interest in information warfare, \u201cin a really positive way,\u201d Aeschbach told C4ISRNET. Japan and Australia, among others, are considered critical U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific, a region national security officials are invested in<\/a> as they seek to counter an increasingly aggressive China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information warfare is a fusion of offensive and defensive electronic capabilities and cyber operations. It combines data awareness and manipulation to gain an advantage, before, during and after battles.<\/p>\n\n\n\t