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Hacking Nuclear Command and Control
The Walking Dude writes "The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) has released an unclassified report exploring the possibility of cyber terrorists launching nuclear weapons. Ominous exploits include unreliable early warning sensors, unsecure nuclear weapons storage, transportation blunders, breaches in the chain of command, and the use of Windows on nuclear submarines. A traditional large-scale terrorist attack, such as the 2008 Mumbai attacks, could be combined with computer network operations in an attempt to start a nuclear war. Amidst the confusion of the traditional attack, communications could be disrupted, false declarations of war could be issued on both sides, and early warning sensors could be spoofed. Adding to this is the short time frame in which a retaliatory nuclear response must be decided upon, in some cases as little as 15 minutes. The amount of firepower that could be unleashed in these 15 minutes would be equivalent to approximately 100,000 Hiroshima bombs."
Cheney, need I say more. Of course Cheney becoming VP was a strategic life insurance policy on GW's part. Fucking nobody, left, right, center, terrorist, capitalist, communist, sane or insane wanted that fucker to become president. Osama Bin Laden would have thrown himself in front of a bullet meant for GW. Makes you reconsider the conventional wisdom that GW was stupid now doesn't it?
Seriously? Windows on NUCLEAR submarines?! Okay, I know that the gubment isn't IT savy, but did they not stop to think that running an OS that any script kiddie can break with something they can double click off the net was a bad idea? I mean, screw the OS wars debate ... the fact is that windows can be broken by anyone almost accidentally. What the hell are they thinking?
I wish cheney had become president- because we would have gone right into statism directly, no gradual slide, and people would have realised what was going on and fought it.
Obama is a center-right authoritarian, and we are going in the same direction cheney would have, but slower, so most are able to maintain their state of denial.
Before you deny- why won't Mr. Open Gov't allow us to know what health care companies and lobbyists have been visiting him?
Cheney as pres would have been more pain up front, better results in the end.
Dave