Could war with China be lost in cyberspace? Jamie McIntyre
“It’s bad, Sandy.”
“The Ford and the Miller, they’re gone.”
“What do you mean gone?”
That dialogue is an exchange between two characters in a novel that imagines a future war with China.
The plot includes a devastating surprise attack in which the United States loses two aircraft carriers, 35 other warships, and thousands of sailors after Chinese cyberwarfare blinds the U.S. Navy and disables satellite-reliant weapons.
In the book
2034: A Novel of the Next World War, authors James Stavridis, a retired supreme commander for NATO, and Elliot Ackerman, a former Marine, paint a cautionary tale about what could happen if China employs a “blind the elephant” strategy and the U.S. is over-reliant on computer-networked weapons, such as ships, planes, and tanks.
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VTG Awarded $188M NSWC Port Hueneme TI16 Contract to Modernize Combat Systems Across the Fleet
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CHANTILLY, Va., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ VTG, an industry-leading provider of force modernization and digital transformation solutions, announced that it has been awarded the Technical Insertion 16 Sustainment, Installation, Procurement and Engineering Services contract by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, a field activity of the Naval Sea Systems Command. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a potential value of $188 million and a five-year period of performance. VTG has a proud legacy of closely collaborating with the Navy to engineer the next generation of sea power, said John Hassoun, VTG president and CEO. The TI16 program enables VTG to build upon that legacy, expanding our technical expertise, strengthening our partnership with NSWC Port Hueneme and NAVSEA, and – most impo
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