Tag Archive for: Warfare

Russia’s Unconventional Warfare: Moscow’s domination of the Information Space

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U.S. intelligence and defense services, as well as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2023 Threat Assessment recognize China and Russia as the two greatest threats to U.S. national security. The U.S. has more firepower than either of the two and is a member of the world’s most powerful military alliances NATO, Aukus, and the Quad. Consequently, the U.S. would have a distinct advantage in a direct conflict. However, direct conflict remains a future possibility. Meanwhile, Russia and China have both been attacking the U.S. through unconventional warfare for decades. Because Russia is better at understanding American language and culture, and owing to their vast experience, dating back to World War II, arguably, Russia tends to be more effective at unconventional warfare than China.

George Kennan, the father of the containment policy, defined unconventional warfare as “the employment of all the means at a nation’s command, short of war, to achieve its national objectives.” Unconventional warfare can be military or quasi-military operations, other than conventional, direct warfare. Called the Gray Zone, an area between peace and conflict, unconventional warfare can include the use of covert forces or guerilla warfare in a hot conflict. Proxy wars, such as those fought in Vietnam and Korea would be examples of a conflict between the United States and the USSR which did not involve overt, direct combat between the two. More recent examples would be the Syrian Civil War, where Russia provided military support to the government of President Bashar al-Assad, while the United States was backing various opposition groups. Similar indirect conflicts have taken place in Yugoslavia and Kosovo, as well as Georgia. The most obvious example today is the Ukraine war. Although the direct combatants are Russia and Ukraine, the war can be seen as a great-power struggle between the U.S.-led west and the Russian Federation, although no U.S. troops have taken part.

In addition to backing local forces and actively engaging in combat operations, Russia also deploys the Wagner mercenary group into conflicts around the world. Wagner supports the Kremlin’s objectives, often…

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Unrest and Cyber Warfare: Pakistan’s Chaotic Struggle

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Imagine a scenario where an urbanized country is in the throes of a chaotic uprising. Political instability and corruption have led to an ever-deteriorating law and order situation in this 21st Century “Kingdom of Denmark” – bordering on civil war. Enemy spies have infiltrated the high places. Bedrooms of the ruling elite are infested with small-time prostitutes masquerading as socialites, media anchors, and pseudo-intellectuals.

Under such circumstances, a scheming neighbor, with active support from a superpower, tries to inflict a coup de grace on the target country. There is a problem though. The target country is a lame nuclear power. No matter how fragile the political situation in this “Never-Never Land” may be, it is sitting on the powder keg of a 100+ nuclear arsenal. We are talking about present-day Pakistan, and the scheming country in question is none other than India, backed by the U.S., India’s strategic ally. What to do?

Kinetic war, also known as a conventional war, deals with military actions involving active warfare, including lethal force. The phrase is used to contrast conventional military force and “soft” force, including diplomacy, sanctions, and cyber warfare. The Order of battle of an armed force participating in a kinetic military operation or campaign shows the hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and equipment of units and formations of the armed force. 

Read more: Pakistan’s current crisis and India

Understanding the matter better

Warfare, during the first quarter of the 21st Century, is transitioning fast from a kinetic to a non-kinetic dimension. Not that the non-kinetic dimension of warfare was missing earlier. However, it is presently becoming the dominant form of fighting between the nations. The hot war will gradually become a corollary to the cold war. However, the hot war will remain an instrument to achieve the coup de grace- the final blow on the battlefield. 

In that sense, future wars will end even before they start. If that be the case, the order of battle between the warring armies will not only include comparative strengths of the contestants and the dispositions of their…

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Koko teaser: Sci-fi film predicts cyber warfare, rule of artificial intelligence

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Sukumar of Pushpa fame has shared the first glimpse of debutant director Jai Kumar’s sci-fi thriller, Koko. Hailed as India’s ‘authentic sci-fi thriller’, the film revolves around cyber warfare. It asks ‘what if technology overpowers human intellect?” Also read: Adipurush trailer: Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan and the action finally look impressive. Watch

Stills from Koko teaser.

The trailer shows a woman in black, walking out from a fight scene with blood on her hands, holding a pistol. She has an air mask on and throws the pistol before reaching her bike. She throws two tiny robots (instruments) in the air and they travel through the entire scene, passing over fire, guns, blood and even a body of a woman lying on the floor. They also pass over a book with ‘Project Ram Isu’ written on it. As they reach a computer screen which has a timer on, they black themselves when the timer reaches zero. The teaser also has “When east wants to conquer the rest” and “secrets of Indian scriptures come for rescue” written on the screen.

Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared on Twitter that the film will go on floors from the third week of June 2023. The shoot will take place in Vietnam, China, Ladakh, Kerala and Hyderabad.

Sharing the impressive trailer, Taran wrote, “Sukumar launches first glimpse of sci-fi thriller Koko… will release in Indian and international languages… Pushpa and Pushpa2 director Sukumar unveils the first glimpse of producer Sandeep Reddy Vasa and director Jai Kumar’s sci-fi thriller Koko.”

Adding that the film will release in multiple Indian and international languages, Taran added, “Koko will release in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Vietnamese and Taiwanese languages in Summer 2024… In fact, Koko will be the first Indian movie to release directly in Vietnamese and Taiwanese languages.”

According to a report on OTTplay, “a proficient black hat hacker, Nikki, makes use of a…

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Vladimir Putin’s cyber warfare chief sent sex toys after his email is hacked – World News

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Ukrainian hackers broke into Sergey Morgachev’s AliExpress account and ordered several sex toys and gay pride flags in his name in an “symbolic act of moral humiliation”

Sergei Morgachev, a Russian top-ranking spy, was hacked(InformNapalm)

A top Russian military spy has been bombarded with sex toys after his personal email was hacked.

Ukrainian hackers claim they gained access to Sergey Morgachev’s AliExpress account, ordering multiple sex toys and gay pride flags in his name.

The embarrassing hack was intended as “a symbolic act of moral humiliation.”

Morgachev is Vladimir Putin‘s Lieutenant Colonel at Moscow’s chief intelligence office, the GRU.

It is believed he was in charge of Russia‘s notorious “Fancy Bear” hackers, also known as APT28.

The hackers, who call themselves Cyber Resistance, claimed on Telegram that they had managed to break into Morgachev’s email account.

Then, they were able to access personal information such as family photos and scanned documents of people associated with him, according to the open-source intelligence site Info Nampalm.

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