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Avoiding War with China Through Cyber War Games

August 15, 2013

When we hear the words “war games,” many of us think of the 1983 blockbuster starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.  In the film “War Games”, suspicions of computer technology collide with cold war fears to tell a parable in which the lesson is that no one wins in a game of war.  But can war games […]

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