Ghost fleet
"What will the next global conflict look like? Find out in this ripping, near-futuristic thriller. The United States, China, and Russia eye each other across a twenty-first century version of the Cold War, which suddenly heats up at sea, on land, in the air, in outer space, and in cyberspace. The fighting involves everything from stealthy robotic-drone strikes to old warships from the navy's "ghost fleet." Fighter pilots unleash a Pearl Harbor-style attack; American veterans become low-tech insurgents; teenage hackers battle in digital playgrounds; Silicon Valley billionaires mobilize for cyber-war; and a serial killer carries out her own vendetta. Ultimately, victory will depend on blending the lessons of the past with the weapons of the future. Ghost Fleet is a page-turning speculative thriller in the spirit of The Hunt for Red October. The debut novel by two leading experts on the cutting edge of national security, it is unique in that every trend and technology featured in the novel -- no matter how sci-fi it may seem -- is real, or could be soon. "
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What Hacker News says
- Recommend reading "Ghost Fleet" where even your toilet stops working when we go to war with a country that manufactures many of our electronic components.
When you get bored, list all of your connected home and personal items that rely on wired, cable, wifi, bluetooth, rfid, infrared, cellular, etc. Put them in a spreadsheet.
Then you will not be as surprised when your lighting system, refrigerator, or washer/dryer is hit with ransomware.
- > It is just freaky, I don't know if it is good or bad to be associated with such an incident.
I think it's not good because of the potential to become politicly charged. Add some "cyber" and it has NatSec types reeling. There is a scenario in Ghost Fleet[1] where a vessel sailing under a Chinese flag blocks the Panama canal in a theater of war with the West. Not going to issue any spoilers but it's a brilliant (fiction) novel for hypothetical future war scenario's.
- 2015 "Ghost Fleet" scifi novel elaborates on technology likely to rule the battlefield. I listened to the audiobook, twice. Its good.
- Interesting competition. I just finished "Ghost Fleet" which is chock full of this tech. Eye-opening stuff when you look deeper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel)
- You might like Ghost Fleet [1] (or [2] for more colorful review). Ghost Fleet is essentially a white paper turned into a Tom Clancy style techno-thriller on what war might look like between China and the United States. Tactics from Ghost Fleet include:
- Infected microchips from Chinese suppliers used to target and destroy the US Pacific fleet.
- Disabling GPS with anti-satellite missiles.
- Cyber attacks to disrupt the DOD communications networks.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Fleet_(novel)
[2]: https://morningconsult.com/2015/09/08/the-defense-wonks-who-...
- Though not my life per se, I find the fiction in the USMC's reading list to be very .. interesting. It's a strange mix of more popular titles and super niche books. It's all focused on war-fighting, but it gives a great look into the Marines:
GATES OF FIRE: AN EPIC NOVEL OF THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE by Steven Pressfield
STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert A. Heinlein
ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
GHOST FLEET: A NOVEL OF THE NEXT WORLD WAR by P. W. Singer; August Cole
THE KILLER ANGELS: THE CLASSIC NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR by Michael Shaara
The whole 2019 reading list is great stuff, top notch reading for any hacker or c-suite, especially the discussion guides: https://grc-usmcu.libguides.com/usmc-reading-list/discussion...
