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MOO: When all you have is a hammer, all problems tend to look like nails. The Admiral comes from a technology background(aerospace engineer), so while he raises some excellent points(especially regarding borders, or lack thereof in cyberspace), he may be missing the forest for the trees. Technologists, especially those in the security arena(like myself) tend to look at the symptom versus the cause. Aside from our usual(China, Russia etc) adversaries, much of the cyber war is an extension of the human conflict, and can sometimes be better remedied by boots on the ground versus operators via computer in the bowels of the Pentagon, all in all, it is another attack vector, not necessarily a war in it of itself. Human vulnerability can rarely be "patched", neither foreign policy situations be remedied with a quick code change and an out of cycle QFE patch, while software vulnerabilities can and will be patched on a regular basis. Lastly, the underlying issues that make us vulnerable on the technology side span far beyond the military complex, a better defense may be a good offense against the perpetrators, as opposed to trying to dig in this vast, sprawling system.

Of course, the Army has COIN, the Air Force cyber-command, so it could just be the Navy looking for a piece of the pie.

My .02