MILNET Headlines 4 Feb 10 AM

Afghanistan: Lurching Toward Defeat In Afghanistan Wall Street Journal Cyber-Security:  Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others Cyber-Security: Google To Enlist NSA To Ward Off Attacks  Washington Post Cyber-Security: Hackers Steal Millions in Carbon Credits Strategy Future Conflict Future Character of Conflict Strategy Green Paper: Defence Green paper 2010. Strategy Trends UK Global Strategic Trends Edition …

Journal: Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) as a Metaphor for a Predictable Defense Meltdown

The recent publication of the 2010 QDR reveals once again, in typically leaden and mind-numbing prose, how the Pentagon is incapable of coming to grips with the mismatches among strategy, programs, and resources that its decision makers create for themselves, even when budgets are at the highest levels since the end of WWII.  The F-35 …

Journal: Apocalypse to Viet-Nam–Worth a Look

Afghanistan: Mullah Omar Ready to End Al Qaida Ties (Video) Apocalyptic thinking and the signs of the coming apocalypse by sheikh IMran N. Hosein Book announcement: how enemies become friends Book Reviews, Books by Ronald Crelinsten by Tim Stevens Conflict in N Dimensions Excellent blog by Tim Stevens Cyber-War and Critical Infrastructure I Cyber-War and …

Reference: National Cyber Security Research and Development Challenges Related to Economics, Physical Infrastructure and Human Behavior

DOI:  2009 from the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) We are developing a commentary on the cyber-scam and cyber-ignorance of most of the US Government.  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the only element that is doing its job, everyone else, most especially the U.S. Intelligence Community, is completely lost.  There are exactly 66 …

Journal: DoD Mind-Set Time Lags Most Fascinating

Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy To Small-Scale Warfare By August Cole and Yochi J. Dreazen Wall Street Journal  January 30, 2010  Pg. 4 The shift in strategy sets up potential conflicts with defense contractors and powerful lawmakers uneasy with the Pentagon’s growing focus on smaller-scale, guerilla warfare. In particular, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has come to …

IO Newsletter Vol 10 No 06

The generic URL for all IO Newsletters (Archives and Current) is www.oss.net/IO. Issues in this article (24): 1.       Service Members Bring Electronic Warfare to the Ground in Iraq 2.       The Truth Is Out There: Responding To Insurgent Disinformation and Deception Operations