cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5883329
Nato is considering being “more aggressive” in responding to Russia’s cyber attacks, sabotage and airspace violations, according to the alliance’s most senior military officer.
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone told the Financial Times that the western military alliance was looking at stepping up its response to hybrid warfare from Moscow.
“We are studying everything . . . On cyber, we are kind of reactive. Being more aggressive or being proactive instead of reactive is something that we are thinking about,” said Dragone, who is chair of Nato’s military committee.
Europe has been hit by numerous hybrid war incidents — some attributed to Russia and others unclear — from the cutting of cables in the Baltic Sea to cyber attacks across the continent.
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Dragone said that a “pre-emptive strike” could be considered a “defensive action”, but added: “It is further away from our normal way of thinking and behaviour.”
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A Baltic diplomat said: “If all we do is continue being reactive, we just invite Russia to keep trying, keep hurting us. Especially when hybrid warfare is asymmetric — it costs them little, and us a lot. We need to try to be more inventive.”
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Sure in cold war, not in open war, which preemptive strikes seems to be.
“Not in open war”
Yeah sure if you don’t consider constant interference into other countries’ internal matters, constant hacking attempts (many of which were successful and quite damaging), and other cyber attacks, not to mention actual attacks on foreign soil (dare I remind y’all about the Salisbury incident?)…
Sorry but what Russia is doing is NOT a cold war, just because it happens in “cyberspace”.
Well that was what happened during Cold War, and anyway it should not legitimate replying to cybershit with army strikes. Fuck Russia military ofc, but also fuck my country military spreading war talks
Did you even read the fucking article? It’s not about “army strikes”, the preventative measures would be similarly cyberattacks - something NATO members have refrained from for the most part even as a response.
A preventative measure could be e.g. getting knowledge of a planned attack, and NATO responding by preemptively hacking the local grid, network hubs etc., to ensure that the attack can’t happen.
Did not read it, thx for bringing this to my attention. With all the bs france military fuckers are saying about war, i just assumed it was the same. You can consider my point invalidated there.