Cyber Weapons: Are They The Deadliest Means Of Modern Warfare? – Analysis -- Eurasia Review
Amid the Senkaku/ Diaoyu islet chain disputes and violent demonstrations in China against Japan, a series of cyber attacks hit the websites of the Japan’s Defense Ministry, Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry, and the Supreme Court including Japan’s Statistics Bureau and Banking networks. Referring to various Japanese and U.S. sources, a recent news story by Bill Gertz in Washington Free Beacon on September 25, has claimed that these attacks were originated in China and worked as a preview of China’s military behavior during the opening phase of a military campaign.
According to Gertz an official has revealed that this was the beginning stages of a future conflict “expected to begin with crippling cyber attacks against information systems that control large segments of the U.S. system, including power generation, transportation, financial, and other key infrastructure”.
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My Comment: As I had mentioned in a post a few days ago, the U.S. digital economy is worth $2 trillion, an amount and scope that our enemies have noticed and have decided to wage a form of cyber warfare against. For the U.S. military .... it's communication and computer networks have become just as valuable, and a prime target for our adversaries who appreciate how deadly and important they have become in America's strike capabilities. If any of these infrastructures become incapacitated because of a cyber attack .... there will be hell to pay for it later on ... and yes .... in the modern era these cyber weapons can inflict enormous economic costs as well as being very deadly to our troops who are dependent on these networks.