The secret IRA–Soviet agreement, 1925 In the summer of 1925, just two years after the IRA’s defeat in the Civil War, the organisation sent a delegation to Moscow to solicit finance and weaponry from the Soviet Union. According to Tim Pat Coogan, the Russians asked their guests, ‘How many bishops did you hang?’, and…
Category: Studies in Warfare
The Modern Battlefield: Kamikaze Robot Dogs (No, I’m Serious)
Ukraine deploys $9K robot dogs vs. Russia with plans to use them as ‘kamikazes’ on the front lines Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war. Ukraine is siccing a fleet of robot dogs on Russian troops, including some four-legged terminators it hopes to use to conduct “kamikaze” attacks on enemy soldiers and vehicles along…
When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities Will Explode In Violence (Parts 1 and 2)
{Hermit Note: This is one of the most important articles you will read this year. Read and Heed! Highest Dissemination Possible.} When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities Will Explode In Violence (I wrote this back in 2012. It was originally published at the old Western Rifle Shooters Association website, and…
Urban Street Tactics: Engineered Unrest – The DIY Occupation Guide
Engineered Unrest: The DIY Occupation Guide The 2024 Edition of the “DIY Occupation Guide” is circulating the web, instructing dissidents on how to implement nefarious tactics. {Hermit Note: It never hurts to read the enemies manuals and TT&P. Most of this stuff is very basic, but makes for entertaining reading. Download the pdf to…
Future Warfare: You Can’t go to War With Your Factory
You Can’t go to War With Your Factory I know I talk about the book Ghost Fleet a lot on this blog, but it seems every time I read an article about WW3 or China, I am reminded of something I read in that book! Think for a moment how much of a disadvantage…
Reference Library: CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual
CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Via: HSDL) This historical document was originally published by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; now the Central Intelligence Agency) in 1944, for use by OSS agents in motivating or recruiting potential foreign saboteurs. Agents were granted permission to print and disseminate portions of the document as…
Urban Guerilla Sniping v3.0
“History is nothing else than a long succession of useless cruelties.” (Voltaire) When you look at the situation in Syria, you see the logic in Voltaire’s prose. I suppose it is the hopeless romantic in me that wishes for a world that is not filled with asshole tyrants and despots that take advantage of…
The Big Stink
Mike Shelby | Do Your Area Study Trump or Biden, we’re going to get The Big Stink™ either way and it’s going to be stinky for a long time. Probably longer than you want to imagine. I’ll explain. One of the many poignant parts of Robert Taber’s The War of the Flea is the…
Small Unit Tactics 101: Assessing the Effects of Fires
Assessing the Effects of Fires Anyone who has ever done any sort of small-unit tactics training can remember “covering” a buddy while they move. This is good to learn, but there can be a bit of misunderstanding as to what actually constitutes “covering fire” or “suppression”. Just because you are putting rounds downrange does not necessarily mean…
Combat Shooting 101: The Zipper
From the Archives, 2013 The armed civilian, like the LEO, needs to evaluate his Course of Fire and Firearm Drills frequently to make sure they stay current with the times. The best example of this is the increased use of Body Armor by thugs. Looking at history, one could expect your “higher class”…