threshold of armed attack --- Once again, as in some previous HTs, I am baffled at the use of the term "threshold" of an armed attack; where is the area classified as "threshold"? If I fill a glass of water to the brim but just at the level where it does not spill over or overflows, then I can claim that I am at the threshold - any extra molecular particle added a this point (far less for a drop ) will cause spilling - that to me is on the threshold; where is that point in cyberwarfare? what constitutes "crossing the proverbial Red Line" into armed attack? This to me is very subjective and basically exposes the world to danger? every country can therefore determine its own threshold? North Korea can easily see provocation as a threshold, China sees America sending missile systems to Taiwan as a threshold, Russia sees warships from NATO being sent to bordering states being a threshold for war; similarly, ransome attack on American major companies or spear-phishing attacks on the White House or the Treasury may be a threshold; or a cyberattack on any NATO country could be seen as a threshold...etc etc..

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm