Yesterday I discussed cyber attacks and the role they should have in our offensive military plan. Without utilizing this technology and method for success, we are letting our enemies / competitors have one up on us. If the United States were to boost their hacking capabilities, two things would happen: the first is that we would be able to gain intel on our enemies and competitors without them ever knowing it. We could theoretically have an eye on other governing bodies / terrorist networks without them having a clue. The second and perhaps more aggressive product of this new strategy would be that we could take out computer networks of opposing governing bodies such as North Korea. We are talking about a technology which could potentially change the way warfare is conducted forever.
With increasingly advanced capabilities developing daily, the future could hold a very different scenario for battles to be conducted. For instance in the coming years, foes will attack one another’s infrastructure by hacking into the opposing network and dismantling it from the interior. Think about it, you could potentially reroute troops or give troops alternate assignments if you could break into another nation’s network. Is this a scary thought? This ties in with a post that I wrote several months ago about the potential for robotic armies in the future. We already have robotic drones to conduct bomb work and to perform other missions. What if we could get a hold of other nations drones or military equipment? Theoretically any machine connected to the internet can be hacked.
Regardless of what the future holds, the Untied States needs to further develop their computer infiltration techniques to ensure that we are up to date and competitive with this increasingly diverse and changing global competitive atmosphere.
