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Could war with China be lost in cyberspace?

“It’s bad, Sandy.”
“What’s bad?” he asked Hendrickson.
“The Ford and the Miller, they’re gone.”
“What do you mean gone?”

That dialogue is an exchange between two characters in a novel that imagines a future war with China.

The plot includes a devastating surprise attack in which the United States loses two aircraft carriers, 35 other warships, and thousands of sailors after Chinese cyberwarfare blinds the U.S. Navy and disables satellite-reliant weapons.

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