“Active Measures” and the 2016 Presidential Election

Recently I’ve seen some people are still commenting on social media “what does Russia have to do with 2016” so I just send them a critically-acclaimed 2018 documentary. …key weapons of political warfare: propaganda, cyber attacks and recruiting agents of influence… Financial fraud wouldn’t be enough alone to bind together villains of this story (after … Continue reading “Active Measures” and the 2016 Presidential Election

The Talented and Beautiful “Night Witches” of WWII

See what I did with the title of this blog post? In the famous Pulitzer-prize winning book “The Guns of August“, the author applies some colorful language to illustrate WWI and Imperial Germany. Barbara Tuchman framed the German march, for example, like mindless predator ants: (page 251) The German march through Belgium, like the march … Continue reading The Talented and Beautiful “Night Witches” of WWII

“Pearl Harbor Was a Bolt Out of the Blue” Unlike Cyber Attacks

In this new podcast (around the 11 minute mark), former NSA Director and Cyber Command chief Admiral Mike Rogers says cyber Pearl Harbor is wrong as a framework today because we’ve been watching cyber attacks continuously for 20 years and nothing anymore seems new, whereas… Pearl Harbor was a bolt out of the blue that … Continue reading “Pearl Harbor Was a Bolt Out of the Blue” Unlike Cyber Attacks

Irregular Tech for Irregular Warfare: AWD Motorcycles

War on the Rocks has published a superb article on Irregular Warfare under an image of a Christini 300 AWD motorcycle. I suppose you could call a motorcycle 2WD, yet that doesn’t do the concept justice. The wheels aren’t just both being powered at the same time to turn simultaneously. AWD means ensuring every wheel … Continue reading Irregular Tech for Irregular Warfare: AWD Motorcycles