Quote Originally Posted by ganulv View Post
It strikes me that maritime, air, and space domains all have a location attribute—they can be identified using a Cartesian coordinate system. One useful question might be, “Is cyberspace not a domain because it lacks a location attribute or is cyberspace unique as a domain in its lack of location attribute?”*

*The infrastructure necessary for the existence of cyberspace can of course be put on a grid but the space in cyberspace is just a metaphor, and a not very felicitous metaphor as far as I am concerned.
If cyberspace isn't a "place" then where are we fighting? This global commons/contested commons argument loses some steam when you remember that nation-states do regulate use of the electromagnetic spectrum. So there already is some idea of sovereignty, and it is in the context of the existing (physical) domains. Even via space, sovereignty is established via the orbiting platforms. Also, SATCOM transmissions cannot "land" without "landing rights". So the case for this new, unique "domain" is hardly concrete.