Alteon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoRussia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan.www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down121 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1199arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square91fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTodd Bonzalez@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 months 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