New cyber force would cost up to $11 billion to start, commission says
The military branch would take 12 to 18 months to get up and running and also include roughly 5,000 members of the National Guard and up to 6,000 civilians, according to the commission.
A U.S. military branch dedicated to cyber warfare, on par with the Army or Navy, would cost up to $11 billion to establish and should consist of around 30,000 personnel in order to bolster the nation's digital defenses and better address growing threats, a report by a panel of policy experts and former top military leaders asserts.
The envisioned Cyber Force, which would be the latest since the Space Force was created in 2019, could align with the Department of the Army or stand as its own department within the Pentagon, a report published Wednesday by the Commission on Cyber Force Generation states.
The military branch would take 12 to 18 months to get up and running and also include roughly 5,000 members of the National Guard and up to 6,000 civilians, according to the commission.
Source: https://therecord.media/new-cyber-force-would-cost-11-billion-commission
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