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'
'...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'
'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!'
'RW recasts the means, methods–& increasingly memes–by which war today is waged. Excavating a transformative war-media nexus, it provides an astute analysis of why the battlefields of conventional geopolitics are migrating, & mutating into social media events'
'In the post-modern age, this book shows, in stark detail, how the flattened structures of society, the end of analogue archives and instantaneous communications could simplify any decision-making process working towards genocide'
In addition, I've been writing up my notes trying to understand how connected devices and the information ecosystem work as part of the war in Ukraine.
@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.
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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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.
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.