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Cyber Operational Considerations in Dense Urban Terrain

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Conclusion: Dense Urban Terrain presents numerous challenges and opportunities to military forces due its cyber characteristics. The volume of networked devices and communications platforms offers both offensive and defensive opportunities and challenges. The intelligence and command and control capabilities that these devices offer is unparalleled in other terrain. As discussed, these devices can impact maneuver,… Continue reading Cyber Operational Considerations in Dense Urban Terrain

The Desperation of Stephen Cohen

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July 12, 2017 – 18:57 Context Jim Kovpak Russia’s foreign language propaganda outlets have long had a problem getting real experts to go to bat for the Kremlin. Most times they rely on some blogger or “independent journalist” and  call them “political analysts.” As such, Stephen Cohen, a Putin apologist with an actual academic pedigree, is… Continue reading The Desperation of Stephen Cohen

‘Lion of Mosul’ Heroic Iraqi soldier infiltrates ISIS before gunning down SIX jihadis

No Counter-Propaganda Intel Resources: House Intel Committee Passes FY18 Intelligence Authorization Bill

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Interesting. There is a technical gap which jumps out at me.  Between “foreign counterintelligence” and the line at the bottom, “Russian influence campaigns directed at foreign elections”, there is nothing accounting for foreign propaganda intended to influence the American public or any foreign information warfare efforts.  That gap means no resources will be dedicated to… Continue reading No Counter-Propaganda Intel Resources: House Intel Committee Passes FY18 Intelligence Authorization Bill

NATO Hits Russian Raw Nerve With “Forest Brothers”

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Sputnik just published an article titled ”NATO Charging New Propaganda Cannons’: What’s Behind ‘Forest Brothers’ Video?” As soon as I read the following two paragraphs, I knew somebody in Russia was so angry they were spewing and spitting – generally enraged beyond belief. Russia’s Foreign Ministry severely criticized a video about Nazi collaborators, the so-called… Continue reading NATO Hits Russian Raw Nerve With “Forest Brothers”

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 14 July 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Estonia seeks SAMs to keep Russian AF at bay. Romania to acquire seven (7) MIM-104 Patriot batteries, which will complicate any play by Russia to use Crimea as a FOB for airstrikes into Balkans NATO area. NATO-Russia Council meets. RAF 102 and 201 SQNs to operate P-8A. NATO  “Forest… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 14 July 2017

China might not be blocking VPNs after all

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by Chaim Gartenberg@cgartenberg  Jul 13, 2017, 1:43pm EDT Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that the Chinese government would be requiring internet provides to block users’ access to personal VPNs. However, a new report published today in the state-run news site The Paper (spotted by Engadget) seems to contradict that report. The statement from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says that “authorized” VPNs… Continue reading China might not be blocking VPNs after all

As Canadian troops arrive in Latvia, the battle for support lands at home


Russia / Strategy Media Update – 15 July 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Russia’s descent continues and may be gathering momentum. Multiple reports indicating the economy is diving, impacting socially, multiple reports on ethnic divisions growing, including diaspora community building, and over the last 6 months, the Putin regime has started actively persecuting the very same nationalist groups Putin hand fed… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 15 July 2017

How Moscow hijacked the history of Kyivan Rus’

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POSTED BY: GALAT 08:42 19/05/2017 UKRAINIAN EMBROIDERY AGE – 1000 YEARS This essay was first published in a collection by Yaroslav Dashkevych, PhD. in “Learn to Speak the Truth with Non-Lying Lips” – K:Tempora, 2011, 828pp. Yaroslav Dashkevych was a prominent Ukrainian historian, who during his long academic career wrote more than 950 works on Ukrainian historiography, source studies and… Continue reading How Moscow hijacked the history of Kyivan Rus’

Russia / Strategy Media Update – 16 July 2017

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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Speculation on Russian nukes in Crimea. Estonia prepares for Zapad-2017. WSJ details Helsinki tunnel system, while Finland legislates against LGM. SASC transcript on Montenegro coup. Polish Patriot batteries to be adapted to launch Israeli David’s Sling (Stunner) SAMs. Russian descent continues. Yakovenko defines post-modern “Putinist Fascism” (COCW! Eclectic?).  Kissane… Continue reading Russia / Strategy Media Update – 16 July 2017

Ukraine to start NATO talks: Russia angry, the West uncertain

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Text by Tom WHEELDON Latest update : 2017-07-16 Ukraine will start talks on joining NATO, President Petro Poroshenko announced on Monday, a move likely to strain already tense relations between the West and Ukraine’s neighbour Russia. When Ukraine’s parliament voted to enshrine in law the country’s priority of acceding to NATOmembership last month, Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded by saying… Continue reading Ukraine to start NATO talks: Russia angry, the West uncertain

Russia suspected of using Bermuda shell company to exploit American anti-fracking activists

Russia delivers new military hardware and equipment to Crimea

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 Sunday, July 16, 2017 11:03:44 AM The Russian Ministry of Defense has shipped new military hardware and equipment to divisions of the Southern Military District, including the Crimea. According to the Defense Ministry’s press service, more than 20 of the latest pieces of military hardware were supplied to the Southern Military District. “Among them were… Continue reading Russia delivers new military hardware and equipment to Crimea

Is Putin funding anti-fracking groups? Republicans think so — and so did Hillary Clinton


‘Kremlin’s G-20 photofake to make Putin look important’ and other neglected Russian stories

In Russia, opposition grows as fear of the state fades

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July 15, 2017 at 4:30 PM EDT NICK SCHIFRIN: This is the season of Russia’s discontent. Under President Vladimir Putin there’s been a tacit agreement that people enjoy their lives and stay out of politics. Now, many Russians are deciding that bargain’s no longer worth it. ALEXEY KOTOREV: Until recently, people were thinking politics were somewhere far… Continue reading In Russia, opposition grows as fear of the state fades

The Sunday Show: Ukraine’s Conflict “Grey Zone,” MPs Vote, NATO in the East, CPJ On Journalism

UAE hacked Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials

MH17 — What Happened?

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Published on Jul 16, 2017 What exactly do we know about the events of July 17, 2014, when Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was blown out of the sky over Ukraine, killing 298 people? Originally published at – https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-mh17/28615955.htmlFiled under: Information operations, Information Warfare, Russia, Ukraine Tagged: #RussiaFail, #RussiaLies, information operations, information warfare, MH17, Russia, Ukraine
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