The alleged hacking of the last US elections by the Russian government, the anonymous cyberattack that hit the Ukrainian power grid in 2015, the Stuxnet virus that sabotaged the Iranian nuclear program in 2010 — such events serve as a reminder that the next form of international conflict will be heavily dependent on cyberweapons.
William Roper, director of the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capabilities, is aware of this, and has spoken about this digital arsenal at a recent Air Force Association conference.
