China aims to top U.S. in cyberspace: U.S. general

China is seeking to unseat the United States as the dominant power in cyberspace, a U.S. Air Force general leading a new push in this area said this week. “They’re the only nation that has been quite that blatant about saying, ‘We’re looking to do that,'” 8th Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Robert Elder told reporters reports Reuters. Elder is to head a new three-star cybercommand being set up at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, whose “focus is to control the cyberdomain, critical to everything from communications to surveillance to infrastructure security.”
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US to China: we will win the cyberwars
China is making a bid to become the dominant player in cyberspace, forcing the United States to increase its capabilities in the area of network attack, the US military has said. A senior US Air Force commander charged with heading up a new ‘cyber command’ unit told reporters: “They’re the only nation that has been quite that blatant about saying, ‘We’re looking to do that.'”
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1932053.ece
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