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But you're only getting two out of three. The US is falling behind in military tech designed to fight a Cold War. There doesn't seem to be widespread understan
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
But you're only getting two out of three.
The US is falling behind in military tech designed to fight a Cold War. There doesn't seem to be widespread understanding that WWIII is an info/cyber-war, the primary ops are covert and subversive, and Russia and China already have dangerous levels of access to civilian, military, and political infrastructure.
Even if that wasn't true, Russia and China have both been modernising their civil defense and weapons systems. The US has been packing pork into barrels with limited effect. There are some world-leading R&D projects, but not so much in the way of effective weapons systems.
I am honestly concerned that there is unrealistic complacency about the state of readiness, and there's a non-negligible prospect of an attack on (say) Taiwan happening at the same time as some kind of cyber Pearl Harbor event at home.
- ethbr0 5y agoJust because Russia and China have no problem conducting industrial espionage with military cyber units, doesn't mean the rest of the world can't. It means they choose not to. So it's a pretty skewed view to say "These countries end up in the news for hacking, therefore their capabilities are greater than everyone else's."