text: FM 7-100.1________________________________________________________________________________
  Possible Actions
  5-60. Possible OPFOR offensive IW activities and actions can include
  • Denying the enemy the information necessary to conduct operations
  (destroy, degrade, or distort).
  • Influencing the information (misinformation, manipulation, or “spinning”).
  • Disrupting the enemy’s ability to observe and collect information and
  obtain or maintain information dominance.
  • Degrading enemy information collection or destroying his collection means.
  • Deceiving the decision makers by manipulating perception and causing
  disorientation within the decision cycle.
  • Neutralizing or destroying the opponents’ information capability by
  physical destruction of critical communications nodes and links.
  DEFENSIVE IW
  5-61. Defensive IW is the integration and coordination of policies and procedures,
  operations, personnel, and technology to protect and defend friendly informa-
  tion and information systems. Defensive IW also seeks to conceal the physical lo-
  cations of critical information systems. IW activities, particularly defensive
  measures, play a significant role in ensuring the viability and survivability of
  the OPFOR C2 process. IW defensive actions are planned at the strategic, op-
  erational, and tactical levels. IW measures, combined with the mobility and
  redundancy of C2 systems, can provide a high degree of survivability, even if
  the enemy is successful in disrupting or destroying some elements of the process.
  Purpose of Defensive IW
  5-62. The objectives of OPFOR defensive IW activities and actions are
  • Protecting the information environment.
  • Detecting attack.
  • Restoring capabilities.
  • Responding to attack.
  Specific objectives of defensive IW include misleading the enemy concerning
  the OPFOR’s force structure, location, and intent; protecting all critical in-
  formation and communication links; and ensuring maximum survivability of
  friendly high-value assets and combat power.
  Possible Actions
  5-63. To achieve these objectives, the OPFOR conducts a variety of activities
  and actions that can
  • Provide for uninterrupted control of friendly forces.
  • Ensure survivability through extensive use of signature-reducing
  measures.
  • Conceal the identities and locations of critical elements.
  • Portray false force dispositions and OPFOR unit strengths.
  • Portray false levels of preparation, readiness, and morale.
  • Portray false impressions of OPFOR operational intent.