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presence
03-10-2013, 08:39 AM
Post number 3,777; good luck with this one...


A new report (http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/ResilientMilitarySystems.CyberThreat.pdf) from the Department of Defense outlines the military's capability to deter cyber threats with some pretty heavy firepower, including nuclear weapons.

The paper written by the Defense Science Board described the best types of bombs to use on hackers to be "Global selective strike systems e.g. penetrating bomber, submarines with long range cruise missiles, Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS), survivable national and combatant command," while "Nuclear weapons would remain the ultimate response and anchor the deterrence ladder" for cyber threats.

"The report ... implies that the United States might have to rely on nuclear weapons to retaliate after a large-scale cyber attack," Foreign Policy writes (http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/03/06/dod_panel_recommends_special_bomber_armed_cyber_de terrent_force).

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/03/dod-deadly-force-hackers-cyber-threats.html
MelissaWV
03-10-2013, 08:45 AM
This tips our hand more than anything, really.

It screams to me that the US has no capability to retaliate in kind to large cyberattacks.
Working Poor
03-10-2013, 08:46 AM
Wow i thought most hakers were just kids in their parents basement.
MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
03-10-2013, 08:47 AM
Wow i thought most hakers were just kids in their parents basement.


Bunker, you mean. It's a bunker, not a basement.
ghengis86
03-10-2013, 09:15 AM
isn't there a large EMP that accompanies a nuclear blast?
MelissaWV
03-10-2013, 12:50 PM
Wow i thought most hakers were just kids in their parents basement.

I think our Government is more interested in international hacking, like what we've blamed almost simultaneously on the Iranians and Chinese.

That's why I say this seems to speak more to the inability of the US Government to fight fire with fire, or at least put out a fire; instead we will find the arsonist, and level his city.
oyarde
03-10-2013, 01:36 PM
To think people were worried about nuclear power plants .