China has the largest (DoS) Denial of service attack capability....!! (http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071122/NATION/111220068/1001&template=nextpage ) (http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2008/report_to_congress.pdf )
"China currently is thought by many analysts to have the world’s largest denial-of-service capability. 65 General Cartwright presented his view of the seriousness of a large scale denial-of-service attack: The [Chinese] capabilities that are most intriguing are their dedication to, one, bringing [cyber warfare] into their military structure; two, building schools all the way through doctrine, et cetera, and [establishing] plans to be able to use this type of capability in a military context . . . I don’t think the [United States] has gotten its head around the issue yet, but I think that we should start to consider that regret factors66 associated with a cyber attack could, in fact, be in the magnitude of a weapon of mass destruction. 67 A delegation of Commissioners met with officers from the PLA’s Academy of Military Sciences while in China in April 2007. When questioned about cyber attacks, officers noted that scholars hold differing opinions about whether a computer network attack may constitute an act of war. Some argued it meets that definition, but others argued that a network attack alone without corresponding conventional attacks does not constitute an act of war. However, the PLA officers acknowledged that if a cyber attack targets military capabilities of another country and does significant damage, conventional counterattacks are warranted. They also noted the frequent difficulty in accurately identifying the source of cyber attacks and argued that the source must be clearly identified before a counterattack could be responsibly launched. In addition to cyber attacks, Chinese leaders are interested in developing disruptive capabilities for anti-satellite missions as well. China’s free-electron and chemical oxygen-iodine high energy lasers could be used to permanently or temporarily blind satellites, as was demonstrated" -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
