{"id":1540697,"date":"2022-07-06T07:19:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540697"},"modified":"2022-07-06T07:19:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:19:55","slug":"the-u-s-army-is-preparing-for-cyber-armageddon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-army-is-preparing-for-cyber-armageddon\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Army Is Preparing for Cyber Armageddon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-u-s-army-is-preparing-for-cyber-armageddon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540697&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/will-army%E2%80%99s-abrams-tanks-get%C2%A0their-own-hunter-killer-drones-203212\">U.S. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/will-army%E2%80%99s-abrams-tanks-get%C2%A0their-own-hunter-killer-drones-203212\">Army<\/a> is working to strengthen and accelerate the development of its fast-emerging combat network. The goal of the network is for ground, air, space, and unmanned platforms to be able to simultaneously share time-sensitive combat data across the force in seconds. Cross continental satellite data links, <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/techland-when-great-power-competition-meets-digital-world\/sitting-out-artificial-intelligence\">artificial intelligence-enabled<\/a> computer analysis, drone-to-manned platform information sharing, and instant attacks through fast-paced \u201ccall for fires\u201d are all critical elements of the Army\u2019s network.<\/p>\n<p>This effort has been successfully demonstrated for several years now at the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/us-allies-are-joining-armys-project-convergence-experiments-200635\">Project Convergence<\/a>, a \u201ccampaign of learning\u201d intended to advance future concepts of combined arms maneuvers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/how-us-army-gearing-multi-domain-ground-war-203233\">Douglas Bush<\/a>, the Army\u2019s top acquisition executive, explained the importance of \u201chardening\u201d the network against intrusion and building in redundancy to ensure continued functionality in the event it is disabled or hacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing is the right kind of testing early on based on the right kind of standards that are evolving to make sure they keep up with a threat. \u2026 Over time, it becomes a constant update task to make sure that our communications equipment is being put through the wringer and is properly vetted and tested,\u201d Bush told the <em>National Interest <\/em>in an interview. \u201cNow, it won&#8217;t be perfect \u2026 our networks in combat will not work as well as they do in a completely benign civilian environment. The critical thing is making sure that ours works well enough in combat to maintain the advantages it gives us over our enemy because we, of course, are going to be trying to take their network down,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bush explained that built-in alternatives will be fundamental to the network\u2019s ability to function in a hostile and highly contested environment. \u201cIt&#8217;s a constant back and forth. \u2026 We just have to get comfortable. And I think the Army is comfortable with having systems that are enabled and improved by having network connections, but with backups,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>As Bush noted, backups are extremely important for developing built-in redundancy. In the event that several nodes within a meshed network are destroyed or disabled, additional nodes can help sustain force-wide connectivity. If a data link is jammed by enemy electronic warfare weapons or a computer network is <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/techland-when-great-power-competition-meets-digital-world\/bashar-al-assad%E2%80%99s-army-hackers-gone\">hacked<\/a> by an intruder, there needs to be a \u201cbackup\u201d to transport time-sensitive information. This could take the form of another frequency, computer protocol, or satellite link established to sustain operations in the event of an attack. On top of this operational approach, senior Army futurists want to maximize the ways in which the force can fight in a circumstance where there is a degraded, compromised, or destroyed network.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Secretary said a couple of times, we want to be network-enabled, not network dependent. Because at the end of the day, you still have to be able to fight, win, and accomplish the mission, even if network [communications] are not working perfectly,\u201d Bush added.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kris Osborn is the Defense Editor for the National Interest. Osborn previously served at the Pentagon as a Highly Qualified Expert with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army\u2014Acquisition, Logistics &#038; Technology. Osborn has also worked as an anchor and on-air military specialist at national TV networks. He has appeared as a guest military expert on Fox News, MSNBC, The Military Channel, and The History Channel. He also has a Master&#8217;s Degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/image\/4738453\/electronic-warfare-vehicle-provides-signal-intelligence-sky-soldiers\">Image<\/a>: DVIDS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rdf-meta element-hidden\"><\/span><span class=\"rdf-meta element-hidden\"><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Army is working to strengthen and accelerate the development of its fast-emerging combat network. 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