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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by devrandomguy on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:06AM (#14663397)
Do these missiles require a working communications network? If this goes on long enough, there might not be any way to launch them.
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by mortenjorck on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:57AM (#14663799)
I know not with what weapons the first world cyberwar will be fought, but I know the second will be fought with floppy disks.
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by rjsw on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:13AM (#14663455)
Why do you think that different countries have put missiles in submarines ?
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by SCHiM on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:21AM (#14663501)
And Russia reportedly even has a deadmans-switch that can be triggered by seismic activity on Russian soil and rapid changes in air pressure. I'd presume that such a system is not connected to the internet.
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 29, 2017 @10:23AM (#14663520)
All of those systems predate the Internet, so you bet nuclear capabilities will not be affected much by cyber attacks.
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by graedus on Thursday June 29, 2017 @11:33AM (#14664093)
Nuclear capabilities will probably not be affected much by cyber attacks over the internet. There are other vectors, but they obviously require a much more serious investment in espionage, spycraft, etc.
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by pjc50 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @11:46AM (#14664181)
Isn't this literally the denoument of Dr Strangelove?
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Re:Hacks Raise Fear Over N.S.A.’s Hold on Cyberweapons by mrkgnao on Thursday June 29, 2017 @12:19PM (#14664464)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war)
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