Episode Notes:

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many analysts predicted that Moscow would begin any major military operation with a series of cyber attacks. The fact that this didn’t happen is the subject of a recent article War on the Rocks article entitled: "Why Russian Cyber Dogs Have Mostly Failed to Bark" by Jelena Vicic and Rupal Mehta. Rupal -- an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln -- joins the Warcast to discuss Russian cyber capabilities.

[ 00:48 ] Lack of attacks

[ 03:46 ] Risk of future attacks

[ 06:41 ] Escalatory nature of cyber

[ 08:24 ] U.S. options