The crippling and devastating cyberattack on the Central Bank of Lesotho serves as a deadly reminder that these type of attacks are no longer in the realm of science fiction.
Cyberwar, compared to traditional warfare, is in progress; a prelude to full-scale war involving computer-coded weapons that cannot be tracked, seen or heard.
Two world wars were fought with tanks, aircraft, ships and bombs. The next world war, to which we are heading, will witness combat that has the potential to obliterate humanity on a vast scale, transcendingl boundaries.
Software will replace sonar, algorithm will replace radar, viruses will replace vehicles, binary codes will replace bullets and bombs and artificial intelligence will replace combat soldiers.
The geopolitical implications of this kind of combat will propel the balance of power into…