back on topic,
i think we're looking at 20th century strategies and tactics.
I'm no expert but why use nukes, when you've got a well trained hackers who can do as much damage without the risk of fallout and massive damage associated with nukes. Unless of course hackers did something to nuclear power plants, chemical plants, refineries, etc. Denial of service attacks against servers to overwhelm and crash them, hacking into networks to do all kinds of mischief, can all cause panic and damage.
Russian hackers were active during the Georgian conflict and also against Estonia. So we know that the capability exists.
Why threaten to launch a conventionally armed ICBM, which can be immediately traced back to its launching point, when a hacker can launch an attack from malware infested computers all over the world while hiding out in his mom's basement?
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