Monday, October 25, 2010

New US Air Force Manual For Cyber Warfare Released

AFDD 3-12 documents Air Force operations in cyberspace, defining terms and setting a means of maintaining "Cyberspace Superiority." U.S. Air Force

Inside The Shadowy World Of Online War -- FOX News/AP

DENVER – A new U.S. Air Force manual for cyberwarfare describes a shadowy, fast-changing world where anonymous enemies can carry out devastating attacks in seconds and where conventional ideas about time and space don't apply.

Much of the 62-page manual is a dry compendium of definitions, acronyms and explanations of who reports to whom. But it occasionally veers into scenarios that sound more like computer games than flesh-and-blood warfare.

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Update #1: Air Force manual describes shadowy cyberwar world -- Washington Post/AP
Update #2: US releases cyber warfare manual -- Press Association

My Comment: I am sure that this manual will be updated many times in the near future .... especially as cyber warfare evolves and develops with better technologies, and the military finds suitable applications.

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