Russian Buk-M1-2 (9A310M1-2) surface to air (SAM) launcher and missiles on display.(Photo from Military Pictures)
From DoD Buzz:
Now that cyber command has been approved and it’s grown increasingly clear that the US will deploy offensive capabilities, I thought it was time to revisit recent comments by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz who said the US can kill advanced surface to air missiles without F-22s, F-35s or any other kinetic capability. In fact, Schwartz may have let some of the cat out of the bag when he told a Brookings Institution audience that the US possesses “the nascent capability” of taking down surface to air missile sites using offensive cyber methods.
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My Comment: These weapon systems are not hooked up to networks .... they operate independently. How cyber methods can take down such surface to air missile sites escapes me.
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