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#<b>Low cost of required infrastructure</b>: Developing cyber weapons does not require the massive infrastructure usually associated with conventional arms.<br> | |||
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Revision as of 21:45, 18 May 2008
Author
Georgios Valaouras
Description
Nations are becoming increasingly aware that the use of cyber strategies can be a major force multiplier and equaliser.
The federally budgeted military expenditure of the United States Department of Defense for fiscal year 2007 is $439.3 Billion. The US is responsible for 46% of the world total military expenditure, distantly followed by the UK, France, Japan and China with 4%-5% each.
Smaller countries that could never compete in a conventional military sense with their larger neighbours can develop a capability that gives them a strategic advantage, if properly utilised. As a RAND Corporation study pointed out in the mid-1990s, the entry costs for conducting cyber war are extremely modest. Not surprisingly, therefore, countries that are not as dependent on high technology within their military establishment consider such dependence a potential "Achilles heel" for their enemies.
Enablers
- Low cost of required infrastructure: Developing cyber weapons does not require the massive infrastructure usually associated with conventional arms.