Declawing the Dragon: Why the U.S. Must Counter Chinese Cyber-Warriors

Abstract

To what extent do the Chinese cyber-warriors--within the People's Liberation Army along with both state and non-state sponsored hackers/crackers--represent a viable threat to both the security and prosperity of our nation as a whole? In the past several years the Chinese have developed a myriad of both lethal and non-lethal cyber-weapons with the intention of denying or degrading an adversary's ability to use space-based intercommunication network platforms. The PRC and PLA have demonstrated a rapid expansion of their asymmetric operations, especially in the realm of Cyberspace. This paper will seek to ascertain the United States military's ability to defend and enforce our national interests, both in regards to our own domestic infrastructures as well as our partners abroad from Chinese-directed cyber-attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 2009
Accession Number
ADA502899

Entities

People

  • Jorge Muniz Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Information Systems
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Network Science
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space