How Russian military intelligence organizes coups

Bellingcat has uncovered the identity of a second Russia military intelligence officer involved in a failed 2016 coup d’état attempt in Montenegro. According to the British-based group, Vladimir Nikolaevich Moiseev is the second GRU officer (the first Russian military intelligence officer, Eduard Shishmakov, had been uncovered in the wake of the 2016 events). Both men are […]

British spooks accused of human rights violations

Strasbourg, France—The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accused British Intelligence with a breach of human rights over a mass surveillance operation. The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is Great Britain’s premier intelligence organization.  It is responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) to and securing the communications of the British government and Armed Forces (the National […]

Op-Ed: The OSCE Monitoring Mission- Ukraine

By now if you have been following the Ukrainian conflict, you will have seen or noticed and organization that calls themselves the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) the guys driving around eastern Ukraine in white Toyota Landcruisers. Below is a mission statement from their website. Who we are The OSCE has a comprehensive approach to security that […]

Airbus Zephyr Solar Powered Aircraft Purchased by British Defence Ministry

The Zephyr is a High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) that is being promoted by Airbus as an aircraft that has capabilities falling in between a satellite and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Last summer the British Defence Ministry announced it had exercised an option to obtain a third solar-powered Zephyr. The Defence Ministry has not disclosed how […]

Tough to shut down Afghanistan when we’re vested to kill in Pakistan

The war in Afghanistan is both different and the same as Iraq. The Afghanistan theatre is seen as a righteous war. Iraq is not. The Iraqis have shown more progress than the Afghans. Empire after empire entered Afghanistan and went home empty-handed. Maybe because there’s nothing to do there. Except our Afghan war has much to […]

Do you want to be a human or signal intelligence analyst? You have to pass this test first

I often get questions related to language training, so I thought I would start from the beginning with the DLAB (Defense Language Aptitude Battery) test. The DLAB will be one of the deciding factors on whether or not you qualify for a language dependent MOS (military occupational specialty) like human intelligence and signal intelligence (Note: 35P cryptologic linguist […]

LCDR Edward Lin Accused Of Espionage For China

FighterSweep Fans, if these allegations are true, this is not good news for us. Edward Lin, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Naval Flight Officer (NFO) aboard one of the most advanced SIGINT (SIGnals INTelligence) aircraft in the inventory, has been accused of passing secrets to China. A U.S. naval flight officer (NFO) with an […]

New Russian Spyplane Deployed To Syria?

Editor’s Note: This was first reported yesterday afternoon by David Cenciotti over at The Aviationist, but it appears as though the Russian Air Force has deployed it’s most sophisticated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform to its forward operating base in Syria. The Tupolev Tu-214R is designed specifically for SIGINT and ELINT operations, and it […]