The logical extension of this is to embed a sleeper chip between board layers that can be activated by a radio signal, then try to disperse it widely within the DND.
Any serious conflict with China would then look like the first day of the second Cylon war...
Of course, they would probably have to get a Chinese boat really close to a US warship a few times beforehand to test the system. All they would need to do is to receive some sort of a ping back to confirm receipt of the signal. Could be simple as an innocuous visit to a particular page of a website.
It would probably look like brinksmanship or posturing, or a navigation error of some sort.
Any serious conflict with China would then look like the first day of the second Cylon war...
Of course, they would probably have to get a Chinese boat really close to a US warship a few times beforehand to test the system. All they would need to do is to receive some sort of a ping back to confirm receipt of the signal. Could be simple as an innocuous visit to a particular page of a website.
It would probably look like brinksmanship or posturing, or a navigation error of some sort.