Taking U.S. and Russian missiles off high alert could keep a possible cyberattack from starting a nuclear war, a former commander of U.S. nuclear forces says.
Associated Press national security writer Robert Burns, who wrote the above, adds that neither Russia or the U.S. appears willing to increase the lead-time to prepare the weapons for launch.
Here is more of what Robert Burns writes:
Retired Gen. James Cartwright said in an interview that “de-alerting” nuclear arsenals could foil hackers by reducing the chance of firing a weapon in response to a false warning of attack.
Essentially adding a longer fuse can be done without …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
