Can a nation with only computers stay free?

[PolyHedral]

I'm saying that no country would go to the expense and political risk of developing a nuclear program and spaceflight program just to do what can mostly be accomplished by a DDOS attack.

Where would you get the resources to pull off a DDOS against the US?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Where would you get the resources to pull off a DDOS against the US?

Where would I get the resources for a nuclear weapons program, a spaceflight program, a system of weapon satellites, and all the covert operations to keep the whole thing secret?

 

[Curious George]

Where would I get the resources for a nuclear weapons program, a spaceflight program, a system of weapon satellites, and all the covert operations to keep the whole thing secret?

From my underwater casino in my secret layer of course.