Trump boasts about striking Kharg Island. There is no doubt the US can almost completely destroy everything in Iran, but still Iran will have the capability to strike back in some way, somewhere, that is what asymmetrical warfare is all about. Trump doesn't seem to realize that. Also just flattening and destroying the whole of Iran is not a strategy...
#iran #usa #war #khargisland #asymmetricalwarfare
#geopolitics @geopolitics

"The #Future of #War is #Drones #Bombing #DataCenters"

"Attacks on energy #infrastructure or shipping lanes with the potential to ripple outside the region are a familiar part of modern war. But a series of Iranian drone strikes in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain tells a new story about how wars will be fought in the future: with tiny, cheap drones in the sky disabling massive, critical data centers on the ground." #Iran #IllegalWar #AsymmetricalWarfare

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-future-of-war-is-drones-bombing-data-centers.html

The Future of War Is Drones Bombing Data Centers

In response to U.S.-Israel attacks on the country, Iran is launching drone attacks that target data centers nearby, writes columnist John Herrman.

Intelligencer

@mfeilner

Another thought:

The attackers needed probably more than one man year to create, replace and hide the backdoor. It took one performance nerd at Microsoft (and PostgreSQL) and few days to take down the threat. That is
#AsymmetricalWarfare in #opensource #cybersecurity. So powerful.