Veteran newsman Ted Koppel’s new book, Lights Out:

[NorthernRaider]

[Steve]

You make a good point NR, if a powerful country really believed it was being attacked it could launch cyber weaponry, which could of course be denied if it turned out to be a false alarm. Surely it would launch these before conventional military action.

[NorthernRaider]

Steve the commentary is not mine its coped from All Outdoors

[Straight Shooter]

So who wins ? who has the advantage if any ? ....any nation fronting up such action would only do so from a position of strength ..nuclear cards are final ....if your calculations are wrong....bad maths is one thing even tactical bad maths can ultimately be very final....although this Guy has some standing...he is main media at the end of the day...book sales.....rely on hype...although a very real threat i have read about this and videos on YT for years...jumping on a wagon ...with only one wheel left on it....is my view.

[Mortblanc]

If Ted Koppel said it was raining outside I would have to go to the window and check.

[bigpaul]

one thing is sure in the 21st Century, if someone can take down the power grid, dosent matter if that is a cyber attack or an EMP, you also remove the last vestiges of CIVIL from the CIVILisation.

[Sunna]

if they can do it , take down a nations power supply , ill bet the other side can do it too ,Russia , china ect.
so its a bit like nukes they have them but will never use them because the other side will use theirs.

[bigpaul]

if any hacker with a laptop can do it, you wont know where the attack comes from, could be ISIS or some Jihad sitting in a basement flat in the Edgeware Road.

[LawAbidingCitizen]

[NorthernRaider]

LAC You just made the case for preppers having alternate and back up plans for energy.