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From Air Command to War Games to Cyber Command
by Rattle at 2:57 am EDT, Sep 9, 2008 |
Via Danger Room:In the past year, as the Air Force's nuclear problems have come to life, there have been calls to bring back Strategic Air Command (or, at least, an SAC-esque organization). That talk is growing louder in the Air Force. The service plans to “craft a roadmap, organizational construct, and associated implementation strategy to reinvigorate our strategic nuclear deterrent capability,”according to a letter from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, obtained by Inside Defense. But that's not all. This roadmap will also have “far-reaching impacts on other areas, such as cyber.” I've been hearing similar things. Air Force nuclear and cyber troops, well-place Air Force sources say, could be combined into a single "Global Effects Command." These forces would work with U.S. Strategic Command, to deter foes with missiles, bombers, or electrons. In effect, it would be Strategic Air Command, revamped for the Internet age. In other words, America's cyber forces wouldn't just protect military networks. They'd go on the attack, against online foes.
The blog post notes that the logos for SAC and USAF Cyber Command are basically the same. Apparently, we started with this: Added this: And wound up with this: It's only fitting.. Every single NOC ever built since that movie came out has been directly inspired by the NORAD set. |
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RE: From Air Command to War Games to Cyber Command
by flynn23 at 11:48 am EDT, Sep 9, 2008 |
Rattle wrote: It's only fitting.. Every single NOC ever built since that movie came out has been directly inspired by the NORAD set.
LOL! Very true! |
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RE: From Air Command to War Games to Cyber Command
by bucy at 6:21 pm EDT, Sep 9, 2008 |
Rattle wrote:
Via Danger Room: In the past year, as the Air Force's nuclear problems have come to life, there have been calls to bring back Strategic Air Command (or, at least, an SAC-esque organization). That talk is growing louder in the Air Force. The service plans to “craft a roadmap, organizational construct, and associated implementation strategy to reinvigorate our strategic nuclear deterrent capability,”according to a letter from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, obtained by Inside Defense. But that's not all. This roadmap will also have “far-reaching impacts on other areas, such as cyber.” I've been hearing similar things. Air Force nuclear and cyber troops, well-place Air Force sources say, could be combined into a single "Global Effects Command." These forces would work with U.S. Strategic Command, to deter foes with missiles, bombers, or electrons. In effect, it would be Strategic Air Command, revamped for the Internet age. In other words, America's cyber forces wouldn't just protect military networks. They'd go on the attack, against online foes.
The blog post notes that the logos for SAC and USAF Cyber Command are basically the same. Apparently, we started with this: Added this: And wound up with this: It's only fitting.. Every single NOC ever built since that movie came out has been directly inspired by the NORAD set.
I seem to remember hearing somewhere that it wasn't even a set, it was the AT&T NOC! And that they had an identical facility somewhere else that they failed over to while the War Games production was shooting there. |
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