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The conversation explores the sophisticated intersection of digital sabotage and military strategy, highlighting how technical maneuvers like BGP route hijacking can serve as potent tools for intelligence gathering or precursors to physical strikes. While some commenters debate whether specific infrastructure failures are intentional acts of CYBERCOM interference or merely routine network misconfigurations, others point to real-world precedents in Ukraine and Iran as evidence that cyber warfare is now a standard element of modern conflict. The ethical implications remain a central flashpoint, with a tension between those who view infrastructure disruption as a tactical alternative to bombing and those who warn that sustained power outages could be more catastrophic for civilian populations than traditional kinetic warfare.