War Game Identifies Potential Need For Senior Cyberwar Commanders

By Christopher J. Castelli / November 22, 2013 at 11:07 PM
Future U.S. military operations may require a new kind of senior commander for cyberwar and intelligence who can operate alongside leaders of land, maritime, air and elite forces, defense officials concluded in a war game on the Pentagon's Air-Sea Battle concept for countering emerging threats. Participants in the Navy's latest annual Global war game concluded that creating a new "joint force information dominance commander" position, or a similar organization, could help unify joint capabilities to counter foreign weapons designed to...

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