How the U.S. Has Been Blindingly Scathed by the Chinese Stratagems of InfoWar - Part One
The Chinese feel a compelling need to develop a specific Chinese IW theory. This theory must be in accordance with Chinese culture, the economic and military situation in the country, the perceived threat, and the Chinese military philosophy and terminology.
Chinese IW theory is strongly influenced by Chinese military art. China has quickly integrated IW theory into its People's War concept, and it is believed that they have already developed their independent "net force" branch of service (to supplement the navy, army and air force), and have applied the 36 stratagems of war into their IW methods.
Here in Part One I will outline ways in which China's "net force" has already used two of these stratagems against the U.S. In future segments I will continue this trend until they are exhausted and will finish with a proposed strategy on how to apply several of the stratagems of war in unique and interesting ways to the U.S. IW theory in an effort to assuage the Chinese attacks as they successfully pick and choose their targets. The goal is to, over time... reverse roles by poly-morphing several stratagems together into one complex whole.
Before beginning, I find it important to enlighten or refresh you regarding the Chinese war theory and how it is very different than the traditional game of Chess. As you probably are aware, in Chess one starts with a board filled with pieces, the object being to think several moves in advance of your opponent and capture pieces as you move along until there are no more pieces - the game ending when one King has captured the other King.
In direct contrast, the Chinese theory to war is like that of the game of Go, where one starts with an empty board, and the players take turns placing pieces (black and white stones) on the board in an effort to gain control of as much territory as possible. Although capturing of an opponent's stones is possible, it is secondary to controlling territory. To play well, one must balance defending one's own territory and attacking the vulnerable pieces of the opponent. The game of Go ends with the board filled with pieces and the winner controls the greatest amount of territory.
36 Stratagems (don't worry, all 36 are not listed here), are broken down into six categories:
1. Stratagems for the :: Stronger Force
2. Stratagems for :: Two Equal Forces
3. Stratagems for :: Direct Attack
4. Stratagems to :: Confuse the Enemy
5. Stratagems to :: Gain Control
6. Stratagems :: Before the Last Stand
I'll begin with two stratagems (from China's perspective of being the Stronger Force) that their "net force" has already used against us by simply using an example or two, although (unfortunately) there are quite a few of each.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 01. Deceive the sky to cross the sea
(Conceal your preparations by being completely open and public.)
A network administrator was looking for a hacker that continued to break into a Department of Defense server to gain access to a confidential database. After failing to stop him after several weeks of diligently trying, he was funded the money and set up an Intrusion Detection System in front of the firewall to inspect and log all of the incoming and outgoing traffic. The logs were almost immediately full, and his days were filled with combing the logs, looking for suspicious traffic. Finally the administrator spent several weeks worth of late nights over coffee looking over the logs and observantly realized that a General's Secretary was logging into his system at 18:00 hours every night when he was never there. The hacker had succeeded so long because he had legitimate credentials and had made himself an acceptable part of the scenery while in the act of committing IW.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 05. Loot a burning house
(If your opponent suffers adversity not related to your battle, you can use the diversion of his attention, energy, and resources to further weaken him.)
January 12, 2010 - Haiti was struck by a magnitude -7.0 earthquake, creating much diversion in the U.S.
Google censorship intensifies, forensic analysts, the CIA and FBI (and many others, presumably) are called in to investigate the Google incident, and millions of Americans and government agencies rush to the aid of the Haitians.
January 25, 2010 - The U.S. oil industry is hit by cyber attacks with another "new level of sophistication", once again focused on one of the crown jewels of the industry: valuable bid data detailing the quantity, value, and location of oil discoveries worldwide (coincidentally similar to the 2007 IMF incident).
Once again, the attackers took over a major portion of the network (again, coincidentally like the IMF incident). A previous (yet different in style) attack from China in 2008 gained the attackers all the information they needed to assemble and craft the perfect bullet for this infiltration - all that they needed was a major distraction.
Attention is still drawn to the Google and Haiti incident while remaining experts are in awe over the attack that looks nothing like anything they have ever seen before.
Chinese IW theory is strongly influenced by Chinese military art. China has quickly integrated IW theory into its People's War concept, and it is believed that they have already developed their independent "net force" branch of service (to supplement the navy, army and air force), and have applied the 36 stratagems of war into their IW methods.
Here in Part One I will outline ways in which China's "net force" has already used two of these stratagems against the U.S. In future segments I will continue this trend until they are exhausted and will finish with a proposed strategy on how to apply several of the stratagems of war in unique and interesting ways to the U.S. IW theory in an effort to assuage the Chinese attacks as they successfully pick and choose their targets. The goal is to, over time... reverse roles by poly-morphing several stratagems together into one complex whole.
Before beginning, I find it important to enlighten or refresh you regarding the Chinese war theory and how it is very different than the traditional game of Chess. As you probably are aware, in Chess one starts with a board filled with pieces, the object being to think several moves in advance of your opponent and capture pieces as you move along until there are no more pieces - the game ending when one King has captured the other King.
In direct contrast, the Chinese theory to war is like that of the game of Go, where one starts with an empty board, and the players take turns placing pieces (black and white stones) on the board in an effort to gain control of as much territory as possible. Although capturing of an opponent's stones is possible, it is secondary to controlling territory. To play well, one must balance defending one's own territory and attacking the vulnerable pieces of the opponent. The game of Go ends with the board filled with pieces and the winner controls the greatest amount of territory.
36 Stratagems (don't worry, all 36 are not listed here), are broken down into six categories:
1. Stratagems for the :: Stronger Force
2. Stratagems for :: Two Equal Forces
3. Stratagems for :: Direct Attack
4. Stratagems to :: Confuse the Enemy
5. Stratagems to :: Gain Control
6. Stratagems :: Before the Last Stand
I'll begin with two stratagems (from China's perspective of being the Stronger Force) that their "net force" has already used against us by simply using an example or two, although (unfortunately) there are quite a few of each.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 01. Deceive the sky to cross the sea
(Conceal your preparations by being completely open and public.)
A network administrator was looking for a hacker that continued to break into a Department of Defense server to gain access to a confidential database. After failing to stop him after several weeks of diligently trying, he was funded the money and set up an Intrusion Detection System in front of the firewall to inspect and log all of the incoming and outgoing traffic. The logs were almost immediately full, and his days were filled with combing the logs, looking for suspicious traffic. Finally the administrator spent several weeks worth of late nights over coffee looking over the logs and observantly realized that a General's Secretary was logging into his system at 18:00 hours every night when he was never there. The hacker had succeeded so long because he had legitimate credentials and had made himself an acceptable part of the scenery while in the act of committing IW.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 05. Loot a burning house
(If your opponent suffers adversity not related to your battle, you can use the diversion of his attention, energy, and resources to further weaken him.)
January 12, 2010 - Haiti was struck by a magnitude -7.0 earthquake, creating much diversion in the U.S.
Google censorship intensifies, forensic analysts, the CIA and FBI (and many others, presumably) are called in to investigate the Google incident, and millions of Americans and government agencies rush to the aid of the Haitians.
January 25, 2010 - The U.S. oil industry is hit by cyber attacks with another "new level of sophistication", once again focused on one of the crown jewels of the industry: valuable bid data detailing the quantity, value, and location of oil discoveries worldwide (coincidentally similar to the 2007 IMF incident).
Once again, the attackers took over a major portion of the network (again, coincidentally like the IMF incident). A previous (yet different in style) attack from China in 2008 gained the attackers all the information they needed to assemble and craft the perfect bullet for this infiltration - all that they needed was a major distraction.
Attention is still drawn to the Google and Haiti incident while remaining experts are in awe over the attack that looks nothing like anything they have ever seen before.
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