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RFI from the field...

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Wed, 07/20/2011 - 9:21am
... "trying to find decent guidance on non-lethal/non-kinetic targeting." Please post thoughts / leads / pointers in comments below, provide link if applicable. Thanks much!

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Sawbuck (not verified)

Wed, 07/20/2011 - 5:11pm

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Here's a couple of pieces that describe the new dilema that Cyber throws into the mix. Is it Non-kinetic - Can be. Is it non-lethal - can be.

But if you power off the electricity in a city and the hospital ERs and ICUs all shut down - then where are we? Is that a Lethal attack?

If the rail switches are all turned off and a train with toxic chemical tanks derails and the tanks burst - explosions, chemical cloud, cats and dogs living together - is that Kinetic attack?

http://csis.org/publication/cyber-attacks-real-or-imagined-and-cyber-war

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014240527023045631045763556231357827…

Well, the RFI was answered via an offline e-mail not associated with this post, but thanks all the same.

nemomeimpunelacesset (not verified)

Wed, 07/20/2011 - 10:18am

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Without breaking OPSEC, what level are we talking BG? coy? Pl in PB? and in what sort of threat environment do you need it to work?