If you've read enough Liberty Movement blogs, including the comments, you're undoubtedly familiar with the phrase leaderless resistance. Like a great deal of topics in oft-misunderstood Unconventional Warfare, phrases and concepts seem to get parroted back and forth; whether they actually have merit or not is another topic entirely. We'll discuss where and when it works, …
Ukrainian comms between infantry and artillery
I believe you misunderstand me, my Eastern Brother. I don’t mean in my commentary on the topic that this is how communications should be done, but rather how they are being done. In that, my counterparts here need to observe these shortcomings closely, understand them, and rectify them now before they begin to cost lives. …
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Open Sources- 29FEB2016
Kadyrov Resigns Ramzan Kadyrov, the longtime President of Chechnya, has just resigned. Why is this important? Because this also just happened today. To give a bit of background, the conditions on the ground in Chechnya around 2004, when he assumed command of the country after his murdered father, was dire. Putin wanted a clean resolution; …
Open Sources- 25 FEB 2016
RT claims that US has sent Javelins to Kurdish YPG Russia's government-funded RT television said, "If the Kurdish YPG fighters have been armed with Javelin anti-tank missiles by Washington, it is a move that will not go down well with Turkey. Ankara has been shelling YPG forces, which Turkey views as a terrorist organization, as …
Open Sources-22FEB16
Venezuela Burning Venezuela on the brink The conditions are right...for a coup. Large scale political unrest, severe economic problems based upon a mismanaged socialist economy(as per the standard) and brought even closer by plunging oil values. Coupled with violence unchecked, it won't be long before a change is forced in. The socialist government was voted …
Ironbound Concepts Sends-
"Piss off the comms, we are at war!" A view from across the pond. This is a good snapshot of what Small Unit Communications needs look like at the local level. Let me remind all of you, this is coming from an active war zone, where reality is quite real. You do the best you …
Defining Tactical vs. Tradecraft
It seems as though folks have a tough time understanding differences between the two- and there's quite a difference. From an experienced standpoint, it's rather easy to spot amateurs conducting both. The internet is full of amateur hour; just in the past month we've been bombarded with "experts" chipping in their two unrequested pennies. All …
Deployable Communications Concerns
Take this photo here: ...and compare it with this one: Removing Afghanistan from the matrix, let's start to narrow it down. In the top photo, a team is setting up shop, out of pickup trucks, to operate in an area for a while. In the bottom photo, a team is setting up shop, out of …
A SIGINT Opportunity
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 …
A Few Sources on Obscure/Covert Electronic Communications
Low Probability of Detection/Low Probability of Interception(LPD/LPI) in layman's terms refer to microwave signal equipment. As the name suggests, and the image above demonstrates, microwave signals are extremely Line-of -Sight. The use of microwave equipment happens all around you everyday; looking on most communications relay towers, you'll see microwave relay dishes normally in direct line …
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