U.S. Cyber Weapons: The Toothless Threat?

From The Ares Blog/Aviation Week:

A senior U.S. Air Force warfighting commander recently talked with Aviation Week about some of the weaponry that can used against cyber targets. At his disposal, as an airpower commander, is an arsenal that doesn’t intrude into the murky ethical and legal quicksand of cascading computer network attacks.

Some of it is familiar kinetic weaponry that you would not normally associate with cyber-warfare. Other capabilities fall in the specialties of jamming, denial of service, exploitation and false-target generation.

What he can’t use are digital weapons that can launch pre-emptive cyber attacks to ward off those seeking to damage or exploit the country's digitally dependent organizations. Ironically, there is pressure to create even better, "game-changing" technologies.

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My Comment: Sounds typical .... the troops have the will and the tools to fight any threat .... but Washington has other priorities.