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NATO Officials Call Cyber Fifth Warfare Domain, Expect Official Recognition At Warsaw Summit

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

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Several NATO officials and member military leaders have called cyber the fifth operational domain of warfare after land, air, sea, and space at a cyber conference Wednesday and also expect the upcoming NATO Warsaw Summit in July to recognize this fact.Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, one of the first speakers at the 8th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon) held in Tallinn, Estonia this week, highlighted the importance of cyber as a domain.“In the world of cyber, geography ceases to…

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