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Plan X: US Military Building Digital 'Armored Tank' for Cyber Battlefield

Agent-x - June 2 2012, 7:02 PM

According to commondreams-org on 31 May 2012,Plan X: US Military Building Digital 'Armored Tank' for Cyber Battlefield
Envisioned capabilities would include a real-time 'map of the internet' and ability to thwart and launch cyber attacks
- Common Dreams staff

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (known as DARPA), the cyber-security arm of the Pentagon, has visions of building the cyberspace equivalent of an 'armored tank' to engage on the global battlefield of digital warfare, according to a report today by the Washington Post. The previously unreported on project has been dubbed 'Plan X' and would be the most ambitious cyberwarfare project yet initated by the US military.

Pentagon has engaged in a scheme to develop technologies aimed at enhancing its cyberwarfare potentials.

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