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There is increasing evidence linking Russia to the Shadow Brokers leaks, which is "one of the worst security debacles ever to befall American intelligence."
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/experts-link-nsa-leaks-shadow-brokers-russia-kaspersky-144840962.html
(Score: 2) by Lester on Monday January 15 2018, @08:13PM (2 children)
Don't trust war will stay in the ones and zeroes world too long if one of the contenders is defeated in that zone.
If one destroys other's cybernetic defenses, next, it will take advantage of it. So, just the minute before being defeated in cyberworld, it commit a sneak attack in real world. Perhaps destroying a communication facility, and then the other side...
The best is similar forces and everyone watching each other with small skirmishes here and there. Nuclear deterrence has worked for years.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Monday January 15 2018, @08:47PM (1 child)
The best is everybody buying in to that old Coca Cola ad from the '70s "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony, I'd like to buy the world a Coke, and keep them company...." or something like that.
The more Chinese we have commuting to/from the US, the more Americans we have commuting to/from China, the more personal and business relationships that develop across borders, and the more those people with the relationships participate in their respective countries' governments, the closer we will be to not needing to spend so much on MAD.
Open war between the countries means freezing / seizing assets of foreign nationals, when the value of those assets is high enough, that's a strong disincentive to go to war.
We've only been serious about racial integration in the US for about 50 years, and we've only had really open heavy trade with China for about 25... these things take time, but so far we seem to be moving on a mostly positive track.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @11:12PM
This is a fundamental idea behind the European Union.
The more the people from the different countries mix together, the less likely it becomes that one European country will go to war with another European country.
For those that are interested, Wikipedia has a good article under "Schuman Declaration".