I believe the language of the memo is framed in the context of an existing armed conflict. Even then, I think the level of damage done(and whether it is ongoing

I believe the language of the memo is framed in the context of an existing armed conflict. Even then, I think the level of damage done(and whether it is ongoing) that would determine the level of response. I imagine in the case of most amateur attacks they would simply mitigate the attack and move on, in others they might retaliate digitally. The option to drop a bomb on the hacker is probably a last resort, in the face of sophisticated and ongoing attacks(but in such a case how they'd determine the hacker's location is beyond me).