Alteon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 days agoRussia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down123 cross-posted to: europe
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkRussia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan.www.businessinsider.comAlteon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square89fedilink cross-posted to: europe
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-222 days agoNope. Usually this claim includes some reference to nuclear war, but the Internet was not designed to withstand attack. Arpanet was not designed with military applications primarily in mind. https://www.internetmythen.de/en/index0258.html?mythen=myth-15-the-internet-was-invented-by-the-pentagon-and-designed-to-survive-a-nuclear-attack
Nope. Usually this claim includes some reference to nuclear war, but the Internet was not designed to withstand attack. Arpanet was not designed with military applications primarily in mind.
https://www.internetmythen.de/en/index0258.html?mythen=myth-15-the-internet-was-invented-by-the-pentagon-and-designed-to-survive-a-nuclear-attack
Til, thank you