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Old 01-18-2018, 06:34 AM
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Arrow Pentagon considers nuclear response to retaliate for large cyber attacks

Pentagon considers nuclear response to retaliate for large cyber attacks
By Ms. Smith, CSO | JAN 17, 2018 7:51 AM PT
Re: https://www.csoonline.com/article/32...r-attacks.html

A draft for the Pentagon’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review says the U.S. would consider using nuclear weapons to respond to non-nuclear attacks.

Why use hack-back tactics when you can drop a nuke on your cyber attackers?

According to the draft for the Pentagon’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, the U.S. would consider using nuclear weapons to respond to non-nuclear attacks.

While the Pentagon’s proposed policy change suggests the U.S. should “only consider the use of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States or its allies and partners,” large cyber attacks are considered “extreme circumstances.”

After reviewing threats posed by Russia, China, North Korea and Iran, the document reads:

The United States would only consider the use of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States, its allies, and partners. Extreme circumstance could include significant non-nuclear strategic attacks. Significant non-nuclear strategic attacks include, but are not limited to, attacks on the U.S., allied, or partner civilian population or infrastructure, and attacks on U.S. or allied nuclear forces, their command and control, or warning and attack assessment capabilities.

Notice that “cyber attack” is not specifically mentioned, but officials who asked to remain anonymous told The New York Times that “large cyber attacks” could warrant a nuclear response.

Three current and former senior government officials said large cyber attacks against the United States and its interests would be included in the kinds of foreign aggression that could justify a nuclear response — though they stressed there would be other, more conventional options for retaliation.

The NPR draft acknowledged that Russia has a “new intercontinental, nuclear-armed, undersea autonomous torpedo” and is “developing and deploying new nuclear warheads and launchers.” Russia, the document claims, believes that limited nuclear first use of low-yield weapons would give it an advantage. “Correcting this mistaken Russian perception is a strategic imperative,” it says.

Therefore, the U.S. should develop smaller nukes, new “low-yield” nuclear weapons, which would “enhance deterrence.” One new nuke would be a cruise missile fired from submarines and another a “low-yield” warhead for ballistic missiles from subs.
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