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The New Air Force Mission?

Posted by Cliff on from the flying-too-high? dept.

mvnicosia asks: "The US Air Force has released its new mission statement, which reads 'The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace.' With the recent rows over US Internet governance, what do you think is the impact of a US government overtly practicing cyberspace warfare? And what are the US's legal limitations?"

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  1. And what are the US's legal limitations? by pelorus · · Score: -1, Troll

    According to International Law, US Law or "New Abridged US Law, 3rd Episcopal Edition"?

    According to Condoleeza,

    "Where appropriate" they'll do whatever the hell they want.

  2. Re:My guess by myc_lykaon · · Score: -1, Troll
    Just like anything, the U.S. has the power to abuse it. But I feel, as with many others, that the U.S. is less likely to abuse it due to its economic reliance upon it. The U.S. would only resort to "cyberwarfar" as one of the last resorts, it would seem.

    Repeat that but replace 'internet' with 'oil'.

  3. Re:Legal limitations? by mcgroarty · · Score: 0, Troll
    Bush is the first president not to grant citizen rights to non-citizens held in war camps. I think too, he is Hitler and also Not Me from Family Circus. Bushitlernotme. I'll bet his Iraq exit strategy looks like those dotted line maps where Billy runs all over Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria on his way from point A to point B, trampling all over those poor innocent butchers of evil women and filthy Jews. Also he swaggers -- oh, the hubris of that walk... I hate him I hate him I hate him!

    Oooh! Pills? Already?

  4. Re:Fight in Cyberspace? by ncurtain · · Score: -1, Troll

    >> in defence of capitalism (WWII..

    > Uh. You know, the USSR are the ones we didn't fight. And we should have.

    Why?

    Joseph Stalin was doing a good job of that on his own, right up till the day he died. Probably why we gave him Poland.

  5. Re:Chairforce! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I get the pleasure of working with the AF. The only concern people should have is how completely incompetent most of the AF is. /sarcasm Don't understand something... just start scratching your head and press random buttons! There is no reason to read or understand what you are doing! Just act important and like you know something! Spit out words that you don't know the meanings for over and over in the wrong context! More stripes = smarter and brass... well, that = Godlike! /sarcasm off I think I am just going through a little frustration. Having to explain the same simple things every freaking day over and over and over again is starting to bring me down. Of course once you explain how something should be done, they get into a meeting and decide to do it the wrong way. And then they are just amazed that nothing they just did works.

  6. You have no idea by worm607 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I had the honor of serving with the US air force for 6 years. I was a 3C0x1. Cyber warfare is as much part of the air force as flying planes. The air force has the "brain power" of the military. Airmen run, defend, setup networks on par or even better than their civilian couterparts. Put simply anything involving warfare should be left to the military. Civilians who sit at there computers and email and think they know computers or even war should shut up. You trash the military and government. You say terrorism is wrong. Then you go home kiss you wife and tuck your kids in and go sleep in your nice bed. You have no concept of what it takes to make that happen. Fighting on the ground, dropping bombs, or hacking to destroy the enemy is what it takes. You all want security, you just dont have the stomach to see what it takes to get it.