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Future Warfare

Dec
17
2009

Insurgents Hack U.S. Predator Drones with $26 Software Package

Unreal.

Nov
17
2009

Congress Should Launch All-Star Commission to Examine Cyber Threats

A report issued last month by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission concluded:   ”China is likely using its maturing computer network exploitation capability to support intelligence collection against the U.S. Government and industry by conducting a long term, sophisticated, computer network exploitation campaign.”  For the last decade, China has been conducting ”hacker attacks” and network intrusions against U.S. [...]

Jul
8
2009

New Cyber Attacks Showcase Need for Cyber Deterrence Policy

The AP is reporting on a new round of cyber attacks that targeted computer networks at the Treasury Department, Federal Trade Commission and Secret Service. Other targets are reported to have included the White House, Pentagon, and New York Stock Exchange. W. David Gardner of InformationWeek reports that the attack was even more [...]

Aug
23
2008

Change You Can Believe In: Sen. Joe Biden?

Sen. Joe Biden has been tapped as Sen. Barack Obama’s running mate.  Biden has been in Washington since 1972 when he was first elected to the United States Senate.  He is a smart guy but a rather loquacious fellow, which has gotten him in trouble several times.  Clearly, the Obama campaign felt the need to offset Sen. [...]

Jul
18
2008

The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand

Here’s an excellent video, chronicling Sen. Obama’s many positions on Iraq.

Jul
17
2008

New Media, Information Warfare and the U.S. Army

David Axe posted a very interesting piece today in The Danger Room.  He examines the emerging role of new media in the U.S. Army:
Senior Army leaders have fallen behind the breakneck development of cheap digital communications including cell phones, digital cameras and Web 2.0 Internet sites such as blogs and Facebook, Army Secretary Pete Geren [...]

Jul
4
2008

Defense Transformation and the Next Administration

As the general election gears up, questions surrounding defense and national security are likely to dominate the national discussion.  While defense transformation remains an important issue for the Defense Department, it will most likely be lost in policy debates about Iraq and Iran.  But defense transformation is not an arcane policy issue; rather it is [...]