US military experts consider the possibility of bringing them down enemy missiles with the help of cyber attacks, without waiting for the strike, пишет Daily Beast.
The Pentagon has adopted a controversial policy of destroying enemy nuclear missiles to launch them. This is stated in an internal document, widespread in the military in May 2017 of the year, according to the material.
The enemy is not specified in the document. but, According to Kingston Rafe from the association of the Arms Control, alleged purpose is to DPRK, perhaps, Iran.
As the newspaper writes, US military leadership during 4 years was looking for not too expensive options off enemy units before the missile launch (Left of launch). As a result, the military said, that "a more economical approach is to develop a digital weapons to bring down or disconnect the drive control means, guidance systems or supply chain of rockets ".
The document stresses, that such a measure is justified and reasonable, if the "missile attack is imminent". The authors did not specify, what is "inevitable impact" and how to understand, that the missile launch was "inevitable".
Earlier, US media reported on the attempt of the US military (under President Obama) disrupt the start of the test launch in North Korea using hackers. What ended this attempt, unknown.
This is not the first time, when the Pentagon threatened to use cyber attacks against other countries, including against Russia, which 2016 He was allegedly intervened in the US presidential election. And the White House, and the Kremlin has repeatedly denied these accusations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has repeatedly stated, that no evidence, supporting intervention, no. In the US on this issue were investigated, but no evidence worthy of the attention so far has not been submitted.