Establishment of US cyber command may start online arms race

The U.S. Department of Defense declared on May 21 that the Army Forces Cyber Command was launched that day to defend U.S. Internet security. Each department of the U.S. Army has fought against Internet attacks separately for a long time, and now the command will integrate all forces and come up with more powerful countermeasures to hacker attacks.


According to the schedule, the cyber command will be fully operational in October. In an interview, Professor Meng Xiangqing from the National University of Defense said that the newly-launched cyber command in the United States may provoke an arms race on the Internet. It will bring new implications for the world’s safety and stability.

Reporter: The United States Department of Defense recently declared that the cyber command was established. What is the purpose of this cyber command?

Meng: We know that the United States Department of Defense submitted a four-year defense assessment report to Congress on February 1st this year. The report analyzed the new security situation, pointing out that the Internet threat had become more and more serious, and the Internet war might become one of the major tasks that the U.S. Army would be facing.

The Internet, as a public area, would be a major concern to the United States. Actually, the cyber command had already been founded last June. The declaration of the establishment now and the full operation in October was just a part of the cyber command plan last year.

Source: http://english.people.com.cn


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