What Will A Cyber War Look Like?

US General Struggles To Explain A Possible 'Cyber War' -- France 24/AFP

The US general nominated to lead a new cyber command on Thursday struggled to explain to lawmakers how the United States would wage a digital war, saying key questions remained unanswered.

Lieutenant General Keith Alexander said the new command would operate under the laws of armed conflict but that much about cyber warfare remained "unchartered territory."

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My Comment: He does not know what a future cyber war will look like .... his predictions are just that .... predictions.

On a side note, there will be a day when the U.S. intelligence community will start to envision how they can start and conduct a cyber war campaign. In short .... an offensive campaign and not a defensive one. I am sure that there has been some preliminary studies on this topic .... and it is probably classified top secret .... but if they are given an order to conduct a cyber war they must have some plan and/or concept in place.

If any of my readers have an idea on what such a U.S. campaign will entail, please put the relevant links in the comments section. I am curious to know what the U.S. envisions is a cyber war .... with the U.S. being the actual instigator of such a conflict.

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