US Cyber Command Reveals Plans To Hit Back At Cyber Threats

CNet News.com is reporting that the Air Force's Cyber Command has just as much interest in offense as defense. "Air Force Cyber Command (AFCYBER), a US military unit set up in September 2007 to fight in cyberspace, is due to become fully operational in the autumn under the aegis of the US Eighth Air Force. Lieutenant general Robert J. Elder Jr., who commands the Eighth Air Force's Barksdale base, told ZDNet.co.uk at the Cyber Warfare Conference 2008 that Air Force is interested in developing its capabilities to attack enemy forces as well as defend critical national infrastructure. "

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Re:dupe first, ask questions later dept

[Attila Dimedici]

It still means bad things are about to happen when the defense team is studying offense tactics What defense, this is the Air Force we are talking about? Despite the name (Defense Department) the military is about offense. The best description of the job of the military I have seen is: "break things and kill people."