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If you thought that 2005 would end quietly in the i-Technology world, think again: it's going to end with a rumpus, a furore, an unprecedented worldwide commotion. Because the Secretary of the US Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley have just written in a joint Letter to Airmen that the USAF is to start "dominating" cyberspace.
Prepare for all hell to break loose. It shouldn't take more than about five minutes. Five hours at the most.
"The Air Force is a natural leader in the cyber world and we thought it would be best to recognize that talent," notes Secretary Wynne, as he presided over the release of a brand new mission statement defining the "where and what" the Air Force accomplishes on a daily basis as follows:
The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace. 
In Air Forcespeak, the term cyberspace apparently embraces network security, data transmission and the sharing of information: "We have quite a few of our Airmen dedicated to cyberspace ... from security awareness, making sure the networks can't be penetrated, as well as figuring out countermeasures," Secretary Wynne said.
"Adversaries of the United States will use any method or venue necessary to contest America, and it is an Airman's calling to dominate air, space and cyberspace," he and General Moselely declare in their letter.
Hold onto you hat, this could get very nasty indeed.
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Jeremy Geelan is Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media & Events. He is Conference Chair of the all-new International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series, of the International Virtualization Conference & Expo series, of AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo series, and of the long-running SOAWorld Conference & Expo series. He's founder of Cloud Computing Journal, Web 2.0 Journal, AJAX & RIA Journal and other leading SYS-CON titles. From 2000-6, as first editorial director and then group publisher of SYS-CON Media, he was responsible for the development of all new titles and i-Technology portals for the firm, and regularly represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" on SYS-CON.TV.
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uegh 12/09/05 10:05:19 AM EST | |||
December 9, 2005 is going to be remembered in cyber-history...for all the wrong things. What a jerk! |
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Disaster 12/09/05 09:36:45 AM EST | |||
There are no words to describe how insenstively this is going to come across to the world outside of the USA. It will prove devastating for Secretary Wynne that's for sure. He'll be gone by the holidays. |
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