USAF Sets Up First Cyberspace Command

InsideDefense.com, November 04, 2006
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“The idea of freedom of cyberspace may, in time, be the same kind of principle as freedom of the seas and freedom of the skies,” Wynne said during a Nov. 2 conference in Arlington, VA. “This means that cyberspace is a domain in which many rely, and in which warfighting can and by some definitions already takes place.”

Under the plan announced this week, Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley have decided to place the 8th Air Force, which specializes in network warfare, deep-strike, airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other kinds of missions, to lead the service’s growing list of activities in cyberspace. That outfit’s chief, Lt. Gen. Robert Elder, will also lead the new cyberspace command.

The 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review also states that cyberspace is playing an increasingly important role in U.S. military operations. (Eigener Link: [www.findefux.de] )

“Inherent in this requirement is the need to integrate the full range of global effects across the entire electromagnetic spectrum (eigener Link: [www.findefux.de] ) and networked systems and must include scalability of force packages, ease of implementation and enhanced componency and force presentation through” U.S. Strategic Command, the letter adds.

That plan will be wide-ranging, the three-star said, noting it will include an assessment of offensive and defensive cyberwarfare requirements, as well as a review of current capabilities and future needs.

“We understand the physics, the technology, the synergies required to operate in and through cyberspace,” Moseley said during a separate Sept. 27 address to conference attendees. “We intend to operate across the entire electromagnetic spectrum: radio waves, microwaves, infrared, X-ray, directed energy, and applications we have not even begun to think about.”



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