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Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games DoD Plays
April 16, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
In the year 2025, a rogue state--long suspected of developing biological weapons--now seems intent on using them against U.S. allies and interests. Anticipating such an event, we have developed a secret "counter-virus" that could infect and destroy their stockpile of bioweapons. Should we use it? From a legal standpoint, it ...
Could human enhancement turn soldiers into weapons that violate international law?
January 7, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
Science fiction, or actual U.S. military project? Half a world away from the battlefield, a soldier controls his avatar-robot that does the actual fighting on the ground. Another one wears a sticky fabric that enables her to climb a wall like a gecko or spider would. Returning from a traumatic ...
Is it possible to wage a just cyberwar?
June 5, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
In the last week or so, cyberwarfare has made front-page news: the United States may have been behind the Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran; Iran may have suffered another digital attack with the Flame virus; and our military and industrial computer chips may or may not be compromised by backdoor switches ...
'Stand your cyberground' law: A novel proposal for digital security
May 1, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
With the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), we're in a political tug-of-war over who should lead the security of our digital borders: should it be a civilian organization such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or a military organization such as the Department of Defense (DoD)? I ...
