Since the internet is so popular today, cyber war plays a huge role in society. Cyber war enables people to communicate and fight online rather than face to face. I think this is a huge deal because now people aren't getting physical anymore. It is easier for some people to say things online than face to face. Even though that sounds pathetic, it is true. I know for me that it is easier for me to text someone something that I feel than go up to their face and tell them. That is the problem with our society today. No one knows how to communicate anymore. Cyber warfare is increasing in our community today. Smith states that, "With an increasing global reliance on technology for everything from managing national electrical grids to ordering supplies for troops, cyberwar is a method of attack which many nations are vulnerable to." Cyber war may bring negative affects to many nations.
April 1st, 2001 an American Jet collided with a Chinese plane over South Chine sea which started the first major issue for George W. Bush in his first term. The Chinese piolit was killed but the Americans survived. The next years, China was trying to plan a revenge. The NewYorker article by Hersh states that, "In May, after years of planning, the U.S. Cyber Command was officially activated, and took operational control of disparate cyber-security and attack units that had been scattered among the four military services. Its commander, Army General Keith Alexander, a career intelligence officer, has made it clear that he wants more access to e-mail, social networks, and the Internet to protect America and fight in what he sees as a new warfare domain cyberspace."
The more access you have to online the more things you can find out. The internet plays a huge role in society today. A lot of plots and revenges can be determined with just a couple clicks of the internet. It is crazy how much one devise could do.