The ethics of cyberweapons in warfare

International Journal of Technoethics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-31

  Rowe, Neil C ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Collateral damage; Cyberattack; Cyberweapons; Damage assessment; Ethics; Perfidy; Secrecy; Vulnerability; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864153350     PISSN: 19473451     EISSN: 1947346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jte.2010081002     Document Type: Article

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