http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2010/11/california-missile-chinese-cyberwar-or-dod-accident/ [It was only a matter of time before the tinfoil hat / peanut-gallery community would add Cyberwar to their paranoid rants, while we now know the mystery 'missile' was really a US Air flight, I still love this explanation of what that was... http://youtu.be/8n2smBKFclU - WK] November 14, 2010 By LBG1 California missile launch, work of Chinese hackers? When KCBS aired the news helicopter footage of a mystery missile launch last Monday off the coast of southern California the ‘expert’ most quoted by the press, GlobalSecurities.org Director John Pike. It was Pike’s ‘optical illusion’ which got the most press. Another quote from Pike which got far less press, this statement from Pike during the 36 hour time period the DOD took to come up with the ‘most likely an aircraft’ explanation: Pike said he didn’t understand why the military had not recognized the contrail of an aircraft. “The Air Force must … understand how contrails are formed,” he said. “Why they can’t get some major out to belabor the obvious, I don’t know.” The military’s response, 36 hours after the event, an ‘illusion’? Based on the news reports we’ve read related to the Pentagon and Chinese hackers, the questions of, If Chinese hackers were responsible for the missile launch, would it have been construed by the DOD as an act of ‘cyberwar’ by China? A cyberwar act which occurred while the President of the United States was overseas in the Far East? If Chinese hackers were responsible for a U.S. submarine ‘accidentally’ firing a missile, would the DOD admit it to the press, the American public, and, the Chinese government? Our military admitting Chinese military hackers had successfully hacked into the U.S. Dept. of Defense computer and fired one of our missiles? [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Sun Nov 14 2010 - 22:15:43 PST
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