Northrop Grumman report speculates on what might happen in any cyberwar. It’s suggested that China would make a pre-emptive cyberstrike weeks ahead of any purely physical confrontation. China’s People’s Liberation Army are calling this “paralysis warfare” The report details many disruption methods, including use of BIOS attacks to destroy motherboard hardware components. It notes that a 2007 PLA-published book, “Informationized Joint Operations,” asserts that enemy command and control networks and logistics systems will be among the first elements targeted by integrated network electronic forces.”]