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In January 1982, President Ronald Reagan approved a CIA plan to sabotage the economy of the Soviet Union through covert transfers of technology that contained hidden malfunctions, including software that later triggered a huge explosion in a Siberian natural gas pipeline.

This week it is being reported that former President Barack Obama authorized the planting of cyber weapons in Russian infrastructure in the final weeks of his presidency in response to Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. The project, not completed before the end of Obama’s term, reportedly left the weapons in President Trump’s control after he took office.

In 1982 the Soviets were at least a decade behind the West in computers and microelectronics. Since then, the Russians are thought to have caught up with western technology, and might now have the same capabilities as the United States.

If a cyber war of this nature were to break out in the future . . . who would be on the front lines?

Documentation for these occurrences will be posted within the links below, including a summary on the 1982 incident from the C.I.A. . . .

CLICK HERE - Reagan Approved Plan to Sabotage Soviets

CLICK HERE - C.I.A. - The Farewell Dossier - Duping the Soviets

CLICK HERE - Obama put cyber weapons in Russian infrastructure that Trump can activate: report

CLICK HERE - Obama reportedly directed the NSA to infect Russia with cyber weapons to cause ‘pain’

CLICK HERE - Russia has developed a cyberweapon that can disrupt power grids, according to new research

CLICK HERE - CRASHOVERRIDE - Analysis of Threat to Electric Grid Operations (35 page .PDF report)

 

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