Word: cyberwar
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...outcome of this all," declared prOphet, a one-time American war hero turned pacifist. Blasting his comrades for calling the enemy "gooks and worse," he delivered a 21st century soldier's eulogy to peace, love and understanding: "Just drop this already - on both sides."The first superpower cyberwar lasted nine days. By its end, more than 2,000 websites in China and the U.S. lay defaced: Chinese e-mail bombs had briefly blown the White House home page to overload hell and "hegemony" had entered the popular hacker vocabulary. The Chinese side plastered homages to Wang Wei, the fighter pilot...
...process," says Hsu. But there are costs, particularly with the kinds of guerrilla tactics that the most technologically sophisticated activists have at their fingertips. Hackers erode the fabric of political debate as much as they challenge state control, says Cancer Omega, a systems administrator at attrition.org. "The U.S.-China cyberwar wasn't about politics," he says. "It was simply a high-tech version of two dogs bent on being the last to mark a fire hydrant." But all agree the trend is unstoppable, even a symptom of broader progress. "Technology is seen by governments as the way to improve growth...
...minimal-risk campaigns, emphasizing aerospace power or ships at sea to threaten precision strikes from long range, with small, stealthy unmanned vehicles to collect information and deliver firepower, and they will be controlled by distant leaders using virtual command technologies. Even better, if we have the capability, will be cyberwar to scramble an enemy's military command or disrupt electricity systems without bloodshed...
...MOST DANGEROUS ADVERSARY in a potential cyberwar isn't the Iranians, Iraqis, Russians or even the Japanese. It is Americans. The emerging cyberpunk culture has already demonstrated the capability to disrupt our lives and make headlines via electronics. If a computer virus turns out to be the cheapest, easiest and most efficient weapon for terrorists, they will use one. The end result could be equivalent to a terrorist nuclear weapon. The scary thing is that all the tools needed are in place today. JAY THOMAS Princeton, New Jersey Via E-mail...
...CYBERWAR? DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. Whenever it arrives, America can win hands down. By that time, our three- and four-year-olds, who now play video war games, will be ready. They'll never even know why they're so good at violence, anger and computer warfare. But this aptitude is even now being embedded in their unconscious. And you can forget about all that intelligence stuff and fancy combat gear like that you showed. It's already obsolete. These kids surely are not going to get dirty just to fight a war. James Cooper Shaker Heights, Ohio...