In principle I agree with you. But the danger here is that, unlike with physical projectiles, it can be difficult or impossible to find out where a hack attack is originally coming from. I'm sure all of the world powers and quite a few smaller ones have their own international botnet by now.
Take for example the recent "cyber attacks" on South Korea. They first accused China, North Korea, before doing deeper investigation and finding that the attack originated from somewhere else. They could have very well killed the wrong people, starting a war with the wrong country.
And like the infamous "weapons of mass destruction" this can easily be used to attack a country under false pretenses.
IMHO much more resources should be spent on research and tools to make software intrinsically safer and more secure, instead of all the pooha about war and killing. It could lead to much more sustainable solutions that actually solve the problem of "we're much too vulnerable digitally".
Take for example the recent "cyber attacks" on South Korea. They first accused China, North Korea, before doing deeper investigation and finding that the attack originated from somewhere else. They could have very well killed the wrong people, starting a war with the wrong country.
And like the infamous "weapons of mass destruction" this can easily be used to attack a country under false pretenses.
IMHO much more resources should be spent on research and tools to make software intrinsically safer and more secure, instead of all the pooha about war and killing. It could lead to much more sustainable solutions that actually solve the problem of "we're much too vulnerable digitally".