No shit. If you have the abilities to cripple the enemy without firing a shot you should take them. The confusion alone is enough to decrease causalities and improve success possibility. This is nothing new. The USA has used cyber attacks against countries many, many, times on "invasion day". Archive: https://archive.today/8FkCA From the post: >>Disrupting Venezuela's power grid is well within the reach of U.S. military hackers — not only because they're among the world's most capable cyber operators, but because the country's electrical infrastructure is exceptionally fragile. Why it matters: Trump said that ahead of the raid to capture Nicolás Maduro, "the lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise we have." Former officials and cybersecurity experts tell Axios the blackouts had several telltale signs of a military-led cyber operation.