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Pentagon Confirms Cyber Command, Under NSA Control
eldavojohn writes "The Pentagon's been planning a cyber command for a while now but it's just been confirmed. The Pentagon will set up a Cyber Command outfit most likely around — surprise surprise — Fort George G. Meade in Maryland. From the article, 'The head of the Cyber Command would also be the director of the U.S. National Security Agency, which conducts electronic surveillance and communications interception and is also based at Fort Meade.' The Air Force has been no stranger to digital warfare."
Are you proposing that the DoD use some sort of decentralized command and control system? That's crazy talk.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
Perhaps we could begin research into a sort of "inter-network" whereby these decentralized command and control nodes might communicate with one another...
First one to add Cyber Command to their botnet gets 10 internet points!
It seems like just one or two nukes could make the U.S. nearly incapable of defending itself against a serious attack
Impossible.
I live near DC, and carry a balance on my Citibank Visa card. At these interest rates, they won't let anything happen to me. The nation's capital is safe. As long as you don't ride the Metro, anyway.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
You seem to be forgetting, the Government 2.0 cloud-based NukeButton application relies on a single WebSphere instance located in DC. Sure there will be loads of people to push the button, but their AJAX calls will all fail. >:)
Is this when Skynet takes over? I'm not ready for Judgment Day. I just signed a 6 month lease on my apartment...I can't walk away from a commitment like that.
Excuse me, but are you suggesting that drivers on the beltway put the entire city and surrounding area at a risk equivalent to nuclear war?
...yeah that's about right...
we're in an "end of human civilization as we know it" scenario.
I like the way you consider all of human civilization to include the northern hemisphere. We here down south would probably be just fine. Actually a bit of cool weather would be a nice change. That way we could chill out as we watch the giant man eating parrots mutate into being in our jungles.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
cockroaches will survive a nuclear war. I'd like to see a cockroach try to cross the beltway.
So your saying most of Congress will survive? (Sorry, just had to throw that in).
Nah if those existed Joe Biden would have told us about them.