An X-47B pilot-less drone combat aircraft is launched for the first time off an aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia (REUTERS/Jason Reed).
Opinion
This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds
May 28, 2013, Noah Shachtman
The Pentagon is working to make cyberattack strategy as predictable as more traditional war planning and to turn cyberwarfare into an industrial effort. Noah Shachtman looks at whether developing cyberattack infrastructure that simplifies the digital battlefield and the deployment of cyber effects enhances or undermines security.