CyberSpace about to be a major military command
Aviation Week’s Aerospace Daily has the report (requires subscription).
Here’s the gist:
The U.S. Air Force plans to give its fledgling Cyberspace Command “major command status,” possibly as early as late summer 2007, the service’s top officials told Congress March 21.
The command’s elevation reflects the importance that Air Force leaders attach to cyberspace as a battlefield and terrorist sanctuary — as well as a communications and intelligence-sharing venue.
The reason for a military command? The Air Force Secretary told Congress that 80 percent of US commerce relies (in some way) on the Internet.
The cyber-space command, in its current configuration, is located at Barksdale AFB in Lousiana.
