H/T NC Renegade: NC Renegade- DOD Interoperability Exercise 12FEB16 Disclaimer- the guy narrating the embedded vid is a blathering idiot. He has little information, is jumping to ill-informed opinions, and lacks proper annunciation- in other words, your average tin foil moron. Never mind the fact that he did us all a favor through his insightful …
Category: Intelligence
Guerrilla Radio
h/t S31. Pi-rate radio throwie Simple, cheap, effective. Can't wrap the brain around why this is worth your time? German Techs indirectly helping Salafists "The group has been training journalists in conflict zones for more than a decade and often relies on FM radio to reach populations in far-flung areas that don't have access to …
OSINT-resources on equipment
Within your Data Book should be a list of common equipment- a recognition guide, if you will. There's many, many resources out there to develop such information. Believe it or not, 90% of the equipment you'll encounter in the bush has been around for some time, is easy to obtain information upon, and develop strategies …
Open Sources- Russian Army HF Digital Mode
A great resource for the observer of Foreign Armies From bare bones basic but effective LRP: To the Warfighter seen here: Working a digital mode from a sort-of Toughbook and HF in a hasty OP: This is important for a couple of reasons. It gives us something to listen for, recognizing the new modes and …
Open Sources- 14DEC15
Why America isn't Winning Wars Op Ed- Christian Science Monitor/Yahoo “We are not postured as a [Defense] department, intellectually or organizationally, for these highly asymmetric and largely unconventional long-term challenges,” Vickers said in congressional testimony. “We are winning battles and campaigns, but not our wars.” I can simplify it far further- They don't get it. …
A Crash Course in 4GW
The Fourth Estate has become the Fifth Column. -Michael Savage A lot has been said and written on the topic of Fourth Generation Warfare(4GW) but to the uninitiated, it's difficult to ascertain exactly what it is. As I've written in past posts, warfare is three dimensional. In order to succeed, the fight goes far beyond …
Open Sources- 16NOV15
An interesting development over the weekend in the aftermath of current events: Playstations! When the new generation of consoles launched, there were concerns that they would be too light on privacy, with peripherals like Microsoft MSFT -0.93%’s Kinect and PlayStation’s Camera possibly having the ability to spy on users if say, the government wanted a …
Open Sources
H/T Sam Culper III's FB page: Russia's learning some lessons. "An awful lot of expeditionary warfare revolves around logistics," Aboulafia said. "A lot of it comes down to experience. They don't have that much of it." So while there's a whole lot of this upfront, there's also a whole lot of this: Outrunning their Supply …
SIGINT for the Small Unit
SIGINT: SIGnals INTelligence The ability to listen to what's going on around you. It's a crucial skill on a number of levels, and can answer a number of questions based upon what you hear, such as: 1. How close is my OPFOR? 2. Are they OPFOR? 3. What is their level of Experience? 4. Do …