The Case for Cyberwarfare -- Tim Maurer, Foreign Policy
Why the electronic wars of the future will actually save lives.
According to an intriguing story in this week's New York Times, the Obama administration decided not to use cyberwarfare against Libya, opting instead for a conventional attack on Muammar al-Qaddafi's defense installations. Officials feared that it would set a precedent and invite other countries (think: China, Russia) to use similar means of attack in the future. As James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, succinctly put it, "We don't want to be the ones who break the glass on this new kind of warfare."
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My Comment: What is my take .... cyber weapons and the tools to conduct cyber war are just that .... another weapon system. But some are now arguing that such tools are actually more than that .... and that some are evolving to be the equivalent to a "hydrogen bomb of cyberwarfare". If that does become the case .... maybe the case for cyberwarfare should be one in which we must thread very carefully .... especially if the opponent can do what we are capable of doing.
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