Steven Lindquist, one of the inaugural students, said the course asks officers to study how an attacker could launch a cyberattack against an Air Force command center or an individual airplane, and to construct defenses.

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But she carried herself with an air of easy command.

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There have been some questions about whether Saudi Arabia will allow the U.S. to use an air base as a command center for any military attack on Afghanistan.

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From there, we see a hot air balloonist and ballet dancer initiate video recording and send an email or text with a voice command, which are likely to be jobs one and two for most users.

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Meanwhile, last month's announcement that America is to withdraw nearly all its forces in the kingdom, including the 5, 000 who man a vast air-command centre near the capital, puts paid to notions that they are an occupying army.

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