Coming alive to the cyber war threat

Source:Momin Iftikhar,The International News.

The world today finds itself in the twilight zone of warfare. The military capabilities that came into being as a result of industrial revolution are fast becoming dependent upon the innovations created by the Cyber technology. While the destruction oriented firepower weapons and paralysis causing mechanization based mobility were the dominant tools of the First and Second World Wars respectively, computer technology has emerged as the force dominating the scene of warfare in the twenty first century. Operation Desert Storm is considered by many as the fusion point of the two epochs.

As we become increasingly dependent on the use of cyber space, not only in the realm of military but also in all spheres of vital national activity, the vulnerability to offensive exploitation by hostile regimes and terrorist networks become manifestly apparent.