[iwar] As We Begin New Century, Pentagon Prepares for War of Future
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Subject: [iwar] As We Begin New Century, Pentagon Prepares for War of Future
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January 5, 2000; Wednesday 8:28 pm Eastern Time CNN THE WORLD TODAY 20:00
CNN
SHOW:
As We Begin New Century, Pentagon Prepares for War of Future
Jim Moret, Jamie McIntyre
January 5, 2000; Wednesday 8:28 pm Eastern Time CNN THE WORLD TODAY 20:00=
pm ET
Transcript # 00010503V23
As we begin a new century, the Pentagon is preparing for war of the future.=
U.S. military officials announced today they're working on plans to go=
high-tech by going after an enemy's computer systems.
JIM MORET, CNN ANCHOR: As we begin a new century, the Pentagon is preparing=
for war of the future. U.S. military officials announced today they're=
working on plans to go high-tech by going after an enemy's computer=
systems.
Military affairs correspondent Jamie McIntyre reports.
JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the=
future, up-close air strikes, like the ones conducted against Yugoslavia=
last year, could be replaced by keystrokes at a cyberwarfare center,=
safely tucked away at the U.S. space command in Colorado. After all, why=
risk pilots to bomb rail lines, power grids or communications centers if a=
digital assault on enemy computer networks controlling them can accomplish=
the same thing, with little chance of killing military or civilian=
personnel.
GEN. RICHARD MYERS, U.S. SPACE COMMAND: If you can degrade an air defense=
network of an adversary through manipulating ones and zeros, that might be=
a very elegant way to do it as opposed to dropping 2,000 pound bombs on=
radars.
MCINTYRE: In fact, CNN has learned the U.S. military tried to do just that=
during NATO's air war in Yugoslavia last spring, without much success. The=
problem was Yugoslavia didn't have a sophisticated computer network to=
attack, and the still-classified U.S. operations were extremely limited,=
according to Pentagon sources.
(on camera): Another problem is right now, the Pentagon has no clear-cut=
policy on cyberwarfare. This legal opinion, issued by top Pentagon lawyers=
during the bombing of Yugoslavia, warns U.S. commanders that=
indiscriminate computer attacks, say against banks, stock markets and even=
universities, might be considered war crimes. So, along with the new=
tools, the Pentagon is working on new rules.
(voice-over): And then there's the blowback. Will hacking into enemy=
computers simply invite retaliation against the United States? Not just=
military systems, which are well defended, but corporations and local=
governments, which are not.
MATTHEW DEVOST, DIRECTOR, TERRORISM RESEARCH CENTER: If you look at the=
likely targets of an attack by an adversary against the United States,=
it's not going to be the military computers. It's going to be the private=
sector infrastructure targets, the major telecommunications switches, the=
major public power grids.
GEN. RICHARD MYERS, U.S. SPACE COMMAND: That's obviously a very big worry.=
We are probably I think without question the country that is most=
dependent on information technology.
MCINTYRE: So far, the U.S. Space Command is only responsible for computer=
defense, but officials say by later this year, the cyberwarriors may be=
authorized to draw up attack plans, that could be ready for the next war.
Jamie McIntyre, CNN, the Pentagon.
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