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The Fight Of Anti Ship Missile Protection

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“Well, Phillip, just one hacker…,” said Leland, “just one guy from anywhere in the world, one guy probably sitting in his underwear in his parents’ basement, had the ability to take over these ships. A program—a computer virus—download or somehow slipped into a weapon system’s mainframe could hand over complete control of operations of that weapon to anyone with a laptop and a router. “Take for instance—And, this just so happens to be completely true. What I’m about to tell you actually happened.—But, take for instance, a Phalanx Gatling gun, which is typically anchored on many of these ships for anti-ship missile protection. Within a few key strokes after a computer virus having been successfully uploaded into the weapon’s computer …show more content…

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