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On the perils of distributed military social media campaigns.
On the perils of distributed military social media campaigns.
Dustin raises good questions.
Mission Command and social media are a potent combination that could easily exaggerate violence and produce counter productive outcomes.
Mission Command and social media are a potent combination that could easily exaggerate violence and produce counter productive outcomes.
The flip side is stringent publication protocols & editorial tramlines that slow down engagement.
Most importantly it all depends on a degree of cultural understanding that is hard enough to do in a an information ecosystem you have a sense of but much harder when you don’t.
Most importantly it all depends on a degree of cultural understanding that is hard enough to do in a an information ecosystem you have a sense of but much harder when you don’t.
Social media is a perfect way to turn defeat into collapse.
That’s the fight now being had on Telegram. Disinfo/misinfo everything and anything to get people to run away.
Makes the lives of OSINT analysts that bit harder!
That’s the fight now being had on Telegram. Disinfo/misinfo everything and anything to get people to run away.
Makes the lives of OSINT analysts that bit harder!
Amplify the impending collapse. Like Islamic State in 2014. Watch the enemy run before a firefight even starts.
Yet again the smartphone becomes a vector for war - even conventional and highly kinetic wars like that in Ukraine.
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Yet again the smartphone becomes a vector for war - even conventional and highly kinetic wars like that in Ukraine.
#radicalwar
Just reflect on @LawDavF tweet for a mo.
"The attrition story"
Typically the armed forces portray this as just another example of "information war".
But if you think about how EVERYONE is engaging with this war (by smartphone) the dynamics have changed.
"The attrition story"
Typically the armed forces portray this as just another example of "information war".
But if you think about how EVERYONE is engaging with this war (by smartphone) the dynamics have changed.
A thread on narrative & military change.
So @almurray generously referenced my book on small arms in this podcast.
One outcome was a great question from @MarkofCalth on false analyses & military change. That was in relation to SLA Marshall, the infantry & winning firefights.
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So @almurray generously referenced my book on small arms in this podcast.
One outcome was a great question from @MarkofCalth on false analyses & military change. That was in relation to SLA Marshall, the infantry & winning firefights.
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Since then I discovered this fascinating analysis by @AdrianBonenber1.
In it he pulls apart 3 different narratives of the 2014 Battle of Zelenopillya.
This involved a Russian bombardment of a Ukrainian rear area that led to serious casualties.
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In it he pulls apart 3 different narratives of the 2014 Battle of Zelenopillya.
This involved a Russian bombardment of a Ukrainian rear area that led to serious casualties.
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The narratives break down into three: a US description, a Ukrainian and a Russian.
The US narrative of the battle started off as an anecdote in draft analysis and ends up in US Army FM 3-0.
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The US narrative of the battle started off as an anecdote in draft analysis and ends up in US Army FM 3-0.
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This is really very good, especially on battlefield intelligence & the question of fusing different data sources to facilitate the process of targeting enemy tanks, artillery etc.
This level of fusion involves a lot of systems integration which makes it even more impressive.
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This level of fusion involves a lot of systems integration which makes it even more impressive.
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I write about intelligence fusion & its relationship to the information ecology in Ukraine over 3 short papers.
This one is specifically focused on how smartphones are being used to facilitate information collection for Ukrainian targeting activities.
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academia.edu/76011845/The_S…
This one is specifically focused on how smartphones are being used to facilitate information collection for Ukrainian targeting activities.
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academia.edu/76011845/The_S…
What @andrewhoskins & I do in #radicalwar is to pull this through into wider changes in society. In many ways social changes in how we engage with each other through our connected devices are driving battlefield changes.
This is a SOCIETAL change as much as it is military.
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This is a SOCIETAL change as much as it is military.
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As a US intel analyst in the mid-2000s responsible for drafting and editing morning briefings, and more recently as an official sitting in on NATO morning briefings, I’d like to offer a few observations on the UK DI Ukraine updates 1/
On a personal note, despite wanting to follow in 007’s footsteps, my intel career was limited to sitting behind a desk assigned to a dead-end shift-work job in the Pentagon basement editing the morning intel brief. Luckily escaped this hell to do a War Studies PhD instead 2/
Editing intel for CJCS meant adhering to strict guidelines on terminology and punctuation, making every word count, etc. Regardless of the quality of the intel content (lots of funny business with Iraq stats), the slides were precise to a fault 3/
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Gruesome stuff but a very useful thread.
Several academics have been writing about this sort of thing.
A quick list of things you might want to read.
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Gruesome stuff but a very useful thread.
Several academics have been writing about this sort of thing.
A quick list of things you might want to read.
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@akcronin has got some useful ways for thinking through how technology development can be done on the cheap without prime contractors using 3D printers and civilian drones.
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amazon.co.uk/Power-People-T…
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amazon.co.uk/Power-People-T…
The antecedents for this approach to war can be found in the Islamic State.
@Hashimgrad is good on explaining the IS approach to war.
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amazon.co.uk/Caliphate-War-…
@Hashimgrad is good on explaining the IS approach to war.
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amazon.co.uk/Caliphate-War-…
I co-authored this. We've had some great endorsements. About time it got a plug.
'The essential guide to the new war of all against all, where everything is weaponised, & where the lines between peace & conflict are forever blurred'
@peterpomeranzev
hurstpublishers.com/book/radical-w…
'The essential guide to the new war of all against all, where everything is weaponised, & where the lines between peace & conflict are forever blurred'
@peterpomeranzev
hurstpublishers.com/book/radical-w…
'...information has become the overarching domain, with the smartphone, not the rifle, as the granular instrument of combat. A startling rethink of the C21st battlefield that blows away the traditional boundaries between state, society & the military'
@paulmasonnews
@paulmasonnews
'A fascinating assessment of the impact of our ubiquitous access to, and employment of, information & media. Positing a radical vision of war in which perception is reality, this book challenges our norms &, while you might not necessarily like it, you should probably read it!'
So Russian EW capabilities have been summarised by the UA General Staff here:
This is from March 2019 so three years old but still interesting.
Mainly equipment recognition and Table of Equipment & Organisation
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brushbeater.org/wp-content/upl…
This is from March 2019 so three years old but still interesting.
Mainly equipment recognition and Table of Equipment & Organisation
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brushbeater.org/wp-content/upl…
How these systems divide in terms of task and layer.
Also useful equipment recognition as these are the specials that the UA will have wanted to destroy early on in the campaign.
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Also useful equipment recognition as these are the specials that the UA will have wanted to destroy early on in the campaign.
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In case you wondered what made up the Leer-3... then here you go.
The RB-341В "Leer-3" electronic warfare system supported by Orlan-10 drones. Task is to intercept satellite navigation signals, 3G, 4G communications and text messages.
The anti-smartphone system!
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The RB-341В "Leer-3" electronic warfare system supported by Orlan-10 drones. Task is to intercept satellite navigation signals, 3G, 4G communications and text messages.
The anti-smartphone system!
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I'm linking a couple of threads together because they all have connections back to this Microsoft Report on Hybrid (military-cyber) attacks on Ukraine.
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This Russian battlefield communications thread shows what happens when you have to rely on civilian telecoms grids.
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Developing the implications of both the cyber attacks AND Russian use of stolen Ukrainian SIM cards is this story.
This is about Russian hacks for personal data.
The goal?
To identify Ukrainians who are pro-Russian from those who need to be isolated.
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apnews.com/article/russia…
This is about Russian hacks for personal data.
The goal?
To identify Ukrainians who are pro-Russian from those who need to be isolated.
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apnews.com/article/russia…
Good summary discussion of Russian battlefield communications and how Ukraine is intercepting calls.
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npr.org/2022/04/26/109…
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npr.org/2022/04/26/109…
Ukraine cut smartphone roaming to Russian/Belorussian numbers. Russians started using Ukrainian phones. The Ukraine Govt asked civilians to report in the phones that had been stolen.
Hey presto, Ukraine has a backdoor to Russian phone use.
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Hey presto, Ukraine has a backdoor to Russian phone use.
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Maybe more significantly, UA is defo making use of US SIGINT planes flying over Poland/Romania.
"I'm sure that they're collecting radio communications & other forms of intelligence that they then pass on to the Ukrainians that is invaluable in their prosecution of this fight"
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"I'm sure that they're collecting radio communications & other forms of intelligence that they then pass on to the Ukrainians that is invaluable in their prosecution of this fight"
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