Collaborate Disseminate
I probably should have put a spoiler alert in the title. A brand new 2020 report from the British Royal Air Force (RAF) warns that they were able to use a swarm of “affordable off-the-shelf decoy to wreak havoc on enemy integrated air defense systems.”… Continue reading Swarms of Decoys Disarmed Anti-Aircraft Defenses… in World War II
The World Economic Forum (WEF) just released their annual report on global business leaders’ perception of Regional Risks for Doing Business (RRDB). It offers interactive maps to see what global and regional business leaders are considering as biggest … Continue reading Russian and Chinese Business Leaders Not Worried About Cyber Attacks
The following “other considerations” are mentioned in a passage on how to choose a “containing force” leader for regions dealing with terrorism. It’s on page 9 of Readings in Counter-Guerrilla Operations, US Army Special Warfare School, April 1961: The… Continue reading Leadership in Threat Containment: New Broom vs Old Hand
There have undoubtedly been deaths in the past caused by computer attacks. I once made a list of possible cases. What has just changed is someone is willing to go on the record saying it happened. We know, for example, that hospital outages and patient… Continue reading Ransomware “Officially” Kills a Person
Source: United Nations Women’s Guild By Dorothy Roigt There shall be peace on earth, but not until All children daily eat their fill, go warmly against the winter wind And learn their lessons with a tranquil mind. And thus released from hunger fear and… Continue reading Children’s Creed
Someone just suggested to me that the Spanish loved pirates while the British hated them. This isn’t even remotely true and it reminded me how a Spanish city official (Don Juan Pérez de Guzmán) once called Captain Morgan a pirate, meaning to insult him… Continue reading Captain Morgan Hated Being Called a Pirate Because He Hated Democracy
The U.S. Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School has released a video called “Knowledge Wins Episode 4 – Great Power Competition – Part 1” The video starts by asking for a definition of competition, and the answer is…open. There are many different a… Continue reading “Knowledge Wins”
By Abdukhebir Qadir Erkan Source: Uighur Poets on Repression and Exile Building his dwelling in the winds, gifting the grubs the sun of his skies, he left for the roads that run dark among letters. Thirsting for seas that flow from night drops, living … Continue reading Death of the Dust Seeker
Are you more likely to believe a prince in Africa is coming to give his wealth to you (get rich quick), or that AntiFa is coming to take your wealth away from you (get poor quick)? American cognitive trust has a dangerous vulnerability called… bi… Continue reading Cultural Spectrum of Trust
A recent post I published gave some of the backstory of modern intelligence and information warfare in America, from 1930s through WWII. That post really culminates on this day in 1947 when the CIA officially was established. The history department of … Continue reading This Day in History: 1947 U.S. National Security Act