U.S. risks losing future war due to vulnerable homeland infrastructure

Published on January 3, 2025

NEWS AND ANALYSIS:

Adversaries such as China and Russia have penetrated critical private sector U.S. infrastructure networks and plan to attack them in a future war, according to a new report by the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board.

The U.S. military, however, is ill-prepared for attacks that a task force of experts warns will cause “potentially severe” delays and disruptions to U.S. military force projection. The military also risks losing a future war, the report concludes.

Extensive hostile breaches will cause long-term disruptions that would undermine popular support for a longer war, the report said.

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