How East Germany’s Stasi Perfected Mass Surveillance The state has a monopoly on violence. However, abusive repression harms government credibility and alienates public support in the long run. A more subtle and effective way to exercise power is to surveil the population and to prevent open manifestations of discontent. This article analyzes the case…
Category: Tradecraft
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live Travis Pike provides a practical review of the classic book “Shooting to Live” by Fairbairn and Sykes. Considered by many to be a forerunner to modern defensive firearms training, the book focused on the use of handguns in self-defense scenarios. The authors, with their extensive experience in law…
Comm Corner: Encrypted Radio Comms Compromised
H/T WRSA An Intentional Backdoor discovered in Encrypted Radio Comms used Globally for over 25 years. Via Source Article from WIRED. This backdoor could allow someone to snoop on communications and potentially send harmful commands. The researchers also found a second vulnerability that could let someone decrypt encrypted voice and data communications…
Home Protection 101: Angles, Lighting, and Retention, A Primer
Angles, Lighting, and Retention: A Primer If you’re reading this article hoping to find the magic formula to safely clearing a residence or building by yourself, you’re about to be disappointed. Here’s the reality: our vision is not 360 degrees and our brains cannot multi-task enough. There are too many angles of exposure for…
“Listerine Pistol”: Extreme Close-Quarter Combative Realities
When we talk about “Listerine” Combat we are referring to that nasty “bad breath” distance fighting that takes place within 2- 3 feet of your nose. This can be empty hand, knife, stick or firearm. We will see that all of the Combative principles of each of these platforms intersect or duplicate each other…
Neglected Skills of the Armed Civilian
“Habit hardens the body for great exertions, strengthens the heart in great peril; Habit breeds that priceless quality: CALM, which passing from rifleman to commander, will lighten the task.” -Clausewitz In the armed citizen’s quest to stay tactically prepared for any eventuality that may come down the pike, taking a realistic, no bullshit inventory…
The Mini-Manual of the Urban Guerilla
You can download the above manual at John Spencer’s Website. Highly recommend you bookmark this site as well, LOTS of good stuff there! I also Highly Recommend you read all of John Spencer’s Urban Warfare Case Studies over at Modern War Institute Via WRSA: You will see this material again. The only real question…
The Great Distraction
There is an old military adage that goes something like this: “In Warfare TIME is one of the most valuable commodities, so if you can get the enemy to WASTE their time with distractions, you have partially defeated him without firing a shot.” DISTRACTION. It’s one of the most subtle tools of warfare. Yeah…
Mines and Such Whatnot
Mines and Such Whatnot A nice little review from Big Country of some very nasty “Anti-Personnel” devices you might see in the upcoming FUSA shit show. Study up and Prepare Accordingly.
Gunfight Shooting Positions: Tactics for Cars, Cover and More
Pistol Shooting Positions I have always said a shooter needs to be intimately acquainted with shooting from the GROUND. Why? I guess it’s the old grunt in me but the EARTH is you friend in a gunfight! Get close to it and Hug it! Learn to maneuver and shoot accurately from every position on…