Is American Critical Infrastructure Ready for Assymetric Warfare?

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Experts warn that the vulnerability of American critical infrastructure to asymmetric warfare threatens strategic assets, referencing Operation Spiderweb which caused $7 billion in Russian damages. This highlights concerns about the resilience of infrastructure against low-cost but high-impact attacks.

As we know now well, a few thousand dollars of commercial hardware can now destroy tens of millions of dollars in strategic assets. Just consider Operation Spiderweb, which cost $7 billion in Russian damages. The refinery campaign has been slower but no less corrosive, idling roughly a tenth of Russian refining capacity through repeated, cheap strikes. Michael Wallace of HomelandSecurity … Read more The post Is American Critical Infrastructure Ready for Assymetric Warfare? appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.