U.S. cyberweapons had been considered to disrupt Gaddafi’s air defenses

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cyber-weapons-had-been-considered-to-disrupt-gaddafis-air-defenses/2011/10/17/gIQAETpssL_story.html

By Ellen Nakashima
The Washington Post
October 17, 8:26 PM

Top Pentagon officials considered using their secretive arsenal of 
cyberweapons to disrupt Libya’s air defenses before deciding that bombs 
would be the better option for preparing the way for U.S.-led coalition 
airstrikes.

The debate, which officials said did not reach the White House, was 
aborted when it became clear that there was not enough time for a 
cyberattack to work. Libyan government forces, led by Moammar Gaddafi, 
were at the time close to overrunning Benghazi, a rebel stronghold where 
U.S. officials feared massacre might occur without fast intervention, 
said current and former officials who spoke on the condition of 
anonymity to describe sensitive policy discussions.

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