Abstract

Abstract. The particular importance of innovations in today's war is determined by the enemy's advantage in both natural and financial, as well as human resources. This fact forces us to search for and find more rational ways to achieve victory. One of such ways is dominance in cyberspace. However, the incomplete acquisition by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of capabilities for cyber defense of the state, conducting cyber warfare, and conducting defensive and offensive cyber actions (cyberattacks, cyber strikes, reconnaissance and preventive cyber actions) somewhat slows down this process. The absence of cyber weapons as standard weapons and military equipment in the arsenal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the most influential deterrent factor on the path to dominance over the enemy in cyberspace. The purpose of the article is to highlight the problem of the lack of cyber weapons as a deterrent factor on the path to the dominance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the enemy in cyberspace, to formulate and substantiate possible ways to solve it. The main results of the study are formulated and substantiated ways to overcome the problem of the lack of cyber weapons, which consist in: substantiating the rational composition and structure of the units of the promising Cyber Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; defining specific tasks and the purpose of the relevant units; based on the defined tasks of the units, developing a catalog of carriers of capabilities for conducting confrontation in cyberspace; forming tactical and technical characteristics (requirements), the principle of action and the desired effect of cyber weapons by types: cyber intelligence, cyber defense, cyber influence; substantiating indicators and criteria for assessing the effectiveness of the use of cyber weapons by types and purpose; introduction of a system of cyber training grounds that can be deployed in training centers and military institutions of higher education, where military specialists in cybersecurity will be trained; development of approximate standards for equipping typical carriers of the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cyber weapons for conducting confrontation in cyberspace. The practical value of the research results is the possibility of their implementation during the process of developing promising cyber weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Keywords: cyber warfare, cyber weapons, cyberspace, cyber defense, weapons and military equipment.

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The article was submitted  15.09.2024

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