An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 9, 2014. (Reuters/Baz Ratner)
Chinese Hackers Obtained Info On Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System - Report -- RT
In a raid seeking information related to Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, Chinese hackers infiltrated the databases of three Jewish defense contractors.
In addition to taking information on the Iron Dome, the attackers were also able to nab plans regarding other projects – including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, ballistic rockets, and “detailed schematics and specifications” for the Arrow III missile interceptor.
According to independent journalist Brian Krebs, the intrusion occurred between 2011 and 2012 and was carried out by China’s infamous “Comment Crew” – a group of cyber warriors linked to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
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More News On Reports That Chinese Hackers Have Successfully Stolen The Plans For Israel's Iron Dome
Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms that Built ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense System -- Krebs on Security
Chinese Hackers Stole Plans For Israel's Iron Dome -- Business Insider
Gaza: Israel's Iron Dome Blueprints Were 'Stolen by Chinese Hackers' -- IBTimes
Israel's Iron Dome missile tech grasped by Chinese hackers -- The Register
8 comments:
I suppose I'm scared.
I kind of figured out that everything will be stolen. A company or a country might have 5 or 10 years (20 outside?) before something is stolen.
So what does a country really have as an advantage? Natural resources? Size?
I would say how well they work together. Everything else is fungible or replaceable. You can't work well together thru the use of force.
I like what you say here Aizino .. but I am going to elaborate a little bit more. A country's strength is it's size, it's people, the freedom that they have, it's education and knowledge base, and it's resources. If you have all of these components .... you got it made.
Size is important. Obviously Singapore cannot defend itself. It has to rely on benevolence, alliances, balance of power calculations, and utility. By utility I mean its' utility as a free state by all comers who might want to absorb it. Hong Kong had this utility to China after 1999 to an extent. I am sure Malaysia or Indonesia covet Singapore. Maybe a better example of utility would be Switzerland (But even they had to defend themselves hard enough tat tie to make potential aggressors hesitate. They did so in WW2. The Germans checked them out.)
Size can be more a hindrance than a benefit of the state is not cohesive (much like a military unit).
Natural resources are important, but with tech a people can substitute or find tech solutions (or recycle; especially metals). To me a desert with no water, no oil and no other mineral wealth is valuable. It could be a good place for a solar plant or a space port (if it is near the equator)
" A country's strength is it's size, it's people, the freedom that they have, it's education and knowledge base, and it's resources."
You rounded out the list nicely.
I do not think oligarchs get the freedom thing.
A strong country should have a loyal and devoted populace. One measure of strength is how dedicated the citizenry are to the preservation of the state, by choice. If the people all want their leaders lynched and to be freed I'd I say the power of a nation is in a deep decline.
This scares the crud out of me. China probably has the technical and engineering ability to master the plans they have stolen. There could allready be a rutted Chinese road with a truckload of the most advanced rockets the world has ever seen, and a million more on the way to market or deployment. Either way we are staring down the barrel of a massive arms race and proliferation of the most sophisticated gear the earth has ever seen. I'm guessing they could have a nation wide, region wide, Iron Dome that presents serious challenges to our nuclear plans in short order.
I'm not so much of a fan of a new arms race. On the other hand, maybe WW III has been averted and this is the final nail in the coffin for nuclear proliferation. Even the sub of an advanced nation still fires a missile that can be hit with a rocket.
First world weapons are so expensive, just imagine if they were stamped with Made in China. China could buy tons of them. Like Walmart but for weapons.
"A strong country should have a loyal and devoted populace. One measure of strength is how dedicated the citizenry are to the preservation of the state,
BY CHOICE.
If the people all want their leaders lynched and to be freed I'd I say the power of a nation is in a deep decline."
Well said. It should be said more often.
It seems to me that a country can have all of the other elements but if the people aren't willing to fight for it because they believe in it, not because they are forced, the country is at risk of rotting from the inside out, or at risk of replacing what they have for something better (Iraq, Syria, Egypt) The American colonies are a good example as they had size and resources galore but if it wasn't for the dedicated (and vasty outgunned, outmanned, and outtrained Minutemen(women) who believed in this country we would be sending our taxes to England.
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