Originally Posted by
Timelord
Carrying a gun is surely the very definition of an armed service
respectfully - Maybe it is now, but they were probably frowned upon when everyone carried a spear or a sabre - and let's face it the first guns were probably more trouble than they were worth
And who was it who said something along the lines of "Aeroplanes are nice playthings but totally unsuited for war"? Or who called the submarine a "Damned unEnglish weapon"?
I'm not saying traditional skills don't have an important role, but there are plenty of other skills too and if we don't build a decent cyber defense, we'll be sitting ducks for whatever enemy takes the time to build a cyber attack force ... like Iran was when their centrifuges got destroyed
Maybe time to create a new service . . .
...and I just copied this link from ORAC on the Ukraine thread about the role software developers are playing in that conflict:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...536755200.html