Current technologies of information warfare and strategic communications

The relevance of the presented article is explained by the fact that in the conditions of aggravation of relations between Russia and the countries of the collective West, effective protection oт the country's strategic interests is a priority function of the state. The purpose of the research work is to analyze the main technologies of information warfare, as well as the analysis of the phenomenon of strategic communications close to information warfare. Today, the terms "information warfare" and "strategic communications" have firmly entered into scientific and business circulation, and the 21st century itself has been marked by the activation of the use of innovative technologies of information confrontation. The authors consider known approaches to understanding the phenomenon of information warfare, consider the features of application, advantages and limitations of information warfare technologies. They come to the conclusion that information warfare is an integral element of the dynamics of a modern international conflict, in view of this, the ability to navigate the features of modern crisis information and communication interaction, knowledge of the technology of conducting information wars will help to exercise control over it own information field and the enemy's information resources.