Military

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 * Cyberwarfare** has been defined by government security expert Richard A. Clarke, in his book //Cyber War// (May 2010), as "actions by a nation-state to penetrate another nation's computers or networks for the purposes of causing damage or disruption." The //Economist// describes cyber warfare as "the fifth domain of warfare," and William J. Lynn, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense , states that "as a doctrinal matter, the Pentagon has formally recognized cyberspace as a new domain in warfare . . . [which] has become just as critical to military operations as land, sea, air, and space."



In 2009, President Barack Obama declared America’s digital infrastructure to be a "strategic national asset," and in May 2010 the Pentagon set up its new U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM), headed by General Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), to defend American military networks and attack other countries’ systems. The United Kingdom has also set up a cyber-security and "operations centre" based in Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British equivalent of the NSA. In the U.S. however, Cyber Command is only set up to protect the military, whereas the government and corporate infrastructures are primarily the responsibility respectively of the Department of Homeland Security and private companies.

= Smart Weapons = = = A **precision-guided munition** (**PGM**, **smart weapon**, **smart munition**) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, and to minimize damage to things other than the target. Because the damage effects of explosive weapons fall off with distance according to a power law, even modest improvements in accuracy (and hence reduction in miss distance) enable a target to be effectively attacked with fewer or smaller bombs. Thus, even if some bombs miss, fewer air crews are put at risk and the harm to civilians and the amount of collateral damage may be somewhat reduced. The creation of precision-guided munitions resulted in the renaming of older bombs as "gravity bombs", "dumb bombs" or "iron bombs" = =

= = = Espionage =

Cyber espionage is the act of obtaining secrets (sensitive, proprietary or classified information) from individuals, competitors, rivals, groups, governments and enemies also for military, political, or economic advantage using illegal exploitation methods on computers

Classified information that is not handled securely can be intercepted and even modified, making espionage possible from the other side of the world source:wikipedia.org = =

= = = Battlefield T echnology =



The US military and its allies are moving to a faster, more mobile, and more connected and integrated fighting force. The **Cyber Warfare Innovation Network** is a battlefield management planning and integration system that connects troops, generals, and military planners on a global basis. he Cyber Warfare Innovation network effectively shortens the kill chain in a world of quickly emerging threats.

source: http://www.futurefirepower.com/battlefield-technology-cyber-warfare-innovation-network-cwin

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