U.S. Air Force designates six cyber tools as weapons

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57578567-83/u.s-air-force-designates-six-cyber-tools-as-weapons/

By Steven Musil
CNET News
April 8, 2013

Six cyber tools have been designated as weapons by the U.S. Air Force, 
allowing the programs to better compete for increasingly scarce Pentagon 
funding, an Air Force official said on Monday.

Lt. Gen. John Hyten, vice commander of Air Force Space Command, told a 
cyber conference held in conjunction with the National Space Symposium 
that the new designations would boost the profile of the military's 
cyber operations as countries grapple with attacks originating from the 
Internet.

"This means that the game-changing capability that cyber is going to get 
more attention and the recognition that it deserves," Hyten told 
conference attendees, according to a Reuters account of the speech. 
"It's very, very hard to compete for resources ... You have to be able 
to make that case."

Hyten, who said the Air Force was working to integrate cyber 
capabilities with other weapons, offered no details on the new cyber 
weapons.

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