Re: military strike possible?

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>]

Interesting, and reasonable.  Do other nations have a similar assertion?

Jim

Dave Killion wrote:
> It's been the position of the Russian government for some time now that
> attacks against its information infrastructure are considered attacks with a
> Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD).  Therefore, they are within their rights
> to retaliate with any WMD of Russia's choosing = i.e. Hack Russia, Get
> Nuked.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Meritt James [mailto:meritt_james () bah com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:11 AM
> > To: 'security-basics () securityfocus com'
> > Subject: military strike possible?
> >
> >
> >
> > Going from the premptive strike philosophy demonstrated in Mideastern
> > countries, what are your thoughts on a military strike against (as yet
> > unseen) "cyberterrorists" a'la
> > http://www.msnbc.com/news/985295.asp?0si=- if there were extranational
> > agents tampering with identified components of the infrastructure to
> > the extent that they were risking human life?
> >
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