U.S. Navy ships increasingly reliance on computers and software to operate make them plum targets to cyber or electromagnetic attacks, according to a new maritime strategy released by the Navy.

If a ship’s systems such as navigation, sensors, communications systems and weaponry are increasingly computer-reliant, a higher priority must be placed on the ship’s cyber security systems, the strategy suggests.

This would prevent a ship’s navigation or weapons systems from being taken over or mis-directed through a cyber attack, the Navy’s new strategy explained.

Called “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” it emphasizes the need to operate in “all domains” to include the cyber arena and electromagnetic spectrum alongside more traditional domains such as air, land, space and sea. It’s the first update to the sea services strategy in eight years.

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