OthnielAs new threats to global and regional security continue to emerge and evolve it is imperative we rise to the challenge, designing and deploying effective countermeasures.
Threats seem to emerge and evolve at a greater frequency and rate than countermeasures.
But perhaps we can design systems that make new threats obsolete or of lower potency on arrival.
Hypersonic Missiles
The ability to fly at speeds above Mach 5, perhaps below radar and follow a dynamic flight path make hypersonic missiles difficult to intercept.
These new classes of weapons are a game-changer in the threats theatre and allow the forward deployment and projection of power in ways previously deemed impossible.
It is possible we might never truly be able to fully counter the threat posed by these unique class of delivery systems.
Developing Hypersonic weapons is a good strategy to counter the likelihood of an attack, especially when dealing with state actors.
High powered energy weapons, advanced look-down radars and IRST as well new defence doctrines may be the best counters to hypersonic systems.
Challenges and Potential solutions
Hypersonic weapons are very difficult to design and deploy, and currently, only a hand full of countries can overcome the propulsion, thermal and guidance etc. challenges it poses, but these problems will be overcome eventually.
Energy weapons are still at their earliest stages of development and require a lot of investment to bring them up to capacity, they will also need to be deployed quickly minimizing any capabilities imbalances.
Look down Radar and advanced IRST may need to be physically large, and require a lot of power and processing capability to be effective.
Converting fleets of large legacy platforms to IRST planes and designing new look down radar planes might offer the best solutions.
AI and Cyber Warfare
These threats are grouped because advanced AI can be used to plan and execute attacks in the real world and cyberspace, giving an adversary an undue advantage.
Cyber weapons designed to take down critical public and government infrastructure is a threat we are all too aware of and a threat that either singularly or in conjunction with hypersonic systems can overwhelm or cripple any country's defences.
Examples of attacks on critical infrastructure in recent history or attacks on institutions or individuals demonstrate a growing sophistication and proliferation of these threats.
While AI, used in applications like threat identification and autonomous vehicles might reduce casualties and shorten conflicts in the right hands, in the wrong hands it could spell unmitigated catastrophe.
Challenges and Potential Solutions
We must continue to innovate and invest heavily in AI to remain ahead of the competition, this requires a lot of capital and except for extraordinary circumstances, it is unlikely a leader in this field will yield their position. So, there isn’t a better time to get in the fray than now.
All digital assets but especially critical public infrastructure like the power grid should be designed around security first and then features after.
We must continue to deploy AI and train humans to counteract the threats from cyberspace.
Finance
A financial institution or system could be vulnerable long term and short-term attacks.
Our wealth is designed around the ability to transact and keep records secure via a reliable system that can withstand any events man-made or otherwise.
The global financial systems have been anything but beyond attacks and above vulnerabilities, global financial systems are still trapped in part in technologies that are decades old and due for replacement.
These systems are not at the cutting edge of security and efficiency and increase the cost of doing business across the board.
Solutions
What is needed is an approach to utmost security and reliability without sacrifice for speed and effectiveness, like the system being proposed and deployed by Project Adashe, is necessary.
This involves a combination of secure Architecture, Software and Blockchain protocols.
Working closely with trusted institutions and running publicly available data pools with an annual reporting responsibility to all holders ensures maximum transparency.
Project Adashe is an ecosystem unlike anything, it is a combination of traditional financial systems, space technologies and blockchain.
Using AI and highly secured enclaves as well as a maximally distributed architecture eliminates the potential for compromise with minimal effect on speed and reliability.
The Adashe crypto goes on sale on the 13th of June 2022 first on the Adashe website, and subsequently on Launchpads and then other crypto exchanges after that; Adashe holders are entitled to a portion of at least 2% of profits made by the Venture Initiative, a VC firm.
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Bioweapons/ Viruses
The threat posed by biological weapons became evident after the covid pandemic (supposing the lab leak theory is true and intentional).
New and potent strains of viruses that have the potential to disrupt supply chains and kill millions if not more are a clear and present danger.
Gain of function on viruses makes them less predictable and more difficult to control especially if designed with a nefarious intention and no known countermeasures.
These weaponized viruses have the singular ability to end life on earth or make human life impossibly difficult.
Challenges and Solutions
Ironically Engineering viruses for potency and virality might be the best way to prepare for and design countermeasures.
The advanced skill set, time and huge financial investments required to do this are also both good and inconvenient, ensuring limited access for bad players but limiting good players in instances.
